Docker Desktop < 4.44.3 Container Escape

critical Nessus Plugin ID 258110

Synopsis

The remote host has an application installed that is affected by a container escape vulnerability.

Description

The version of Docker Desktop is prior to 4.44.3. It is therefore affected by a container escape vulnerability.
The vulnerability allows local running Linux containers to access the Docker Engine API via the configured Docker subnet, at 192.168.65.7:2375 by default. This vulnerability occurs with or without Enhanced Container Isolation (ECI) enabled, and with or without the 'Expose daemon on tcp://localhost:2375 without TLS' option enabled. This can lead to execution of a wide range of privileged commands to the engine API, including controlling other containers, creating new ones, managing images etc. In some circumstances (e.g. Docker Desktop for Windows with WSL backend) it also allows mounting the host drive with the same privileges as the user running Docker Desktop.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Docker Desktop version 4.44.3 or later

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4cd6027e

https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4443

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 258110

File Name: docker_cve-2025-9074.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/29/2025

Updated: 8/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 10.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9074

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:docker:docker

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-9074

IAVA: 2025-A-0633