Improper privilege management in Docker Desktop - CVE-2025-10657

 

Improper privilege management in Docker Desktop - CVE-2025-10657

Published: October 1, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU116220
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-10657
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges.

The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management when the configuration to restrict commands is ignored if passed to ECI. A malicious docker container can execute arbitrary on the socket.


Affected software

Docker Desktop

How to mitigate CVE-2025-10657

Install updates from vendor's website.

Docker Desktop - update to 4.47.0

External References

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