CVE-2025-9074

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 74.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-08-20 13:28Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-02-26 17:48Z6 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-08-15

Assigning CNA

Docker

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-668Exposure of Resource to Wrong SphereClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

70a3472741bef5f76da79d815849baf9047388c36c4d665f00aedb22cfb50254

• docs.docker.comhttps://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4443
• pvotal.techhttps://pvotal.tech/breaking-dockers-isolation-using-docker-cve-2025-9074/exploittechnical-description
• blog.qwertysecurity.comhttps://blog.qwertysecurity.com/Articles/blog3exploit
• blog.qwertysecurity.comhttps://blog.qwertysecurity.com/Articles/blog3.html
• www.bleepingcomputer.comhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-docker-desktop-flaw-lets-attackers-hijack-windows-hosts/
• www.vicarius.iohttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-9074-mitigate-docker-desktop-vulnerability
• www.vicarius.iohttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-9074-detect-docker-desktop-vulnerability