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CVE-2025-14740 (GCVE-0-2025-14740)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-04 13:57 – Updated: 2026-02-05 04:55

Title

Docker Desktop for Windows Incorrect Permission Assignment Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Summary

Docker Desktop for Windows contains multiple incorrect permission assignment vulnerabilities in the installer's handling of the C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop directory. The installer creates this directory without proper ownership verification, creating two exploitation scenarios: Scenario 1 (Persistent Attack): If a low-privileged attacker pre-creates C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop before Docker Desktop installation, the attacker retains ownership of the directory even after the installer applies restrictive ACLs. At any time after installation completes, the attacker can modify the directory ACL (as the owner) and tamper with critical configuration files such as install-settings.json to specify a malicious credentialHelper, causing arbitrary code execution when any user runs Docker Desktop. Scenario 2 (TOCTOU Attack): During installation, there is a time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition between when the installer creates C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop and when it sets secure ACLs. A low-privileged attacker actively monitoring for the installation can inject malicious files (such as install-settings.json) with attacker-controlled ACLs during this window, achieving the same code execution outcome.

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Assigner

Docker

References

URL

Tags

	https://docs.docker.com/security/	vendor-advisory
	https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-…	third-party-advisory
	https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Docker Inc.	Docker Desktop	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.56.0 (semver)

Credits

Nitesh Surana (niteshsurana.com) - Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative Amol Dosanjh - Trend Micro Research

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GHSA-WQRH-GCR7-7HJ3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-04 15:30 – Updated: 2026-02-04 15:30

Details

Scenario 1 (Persistent Attack): If a low-privileged attacker pre-creates C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop before Docker Desktop installation, the attacker retains ownership of the directory even after the installer applies restrictive ACLs. At any time after installation completes, the attacker can modify the directory ACL (as the owner) and tamper with critical configuration files such as install-settings.json to specify a malicious credentialHelper, causing arbitrary code execution when any user runs Docker Desktop.

Scenario 2 (TOCTOU Attack): During installation, there is a time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition between when the installer creates C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop and when it sets secure ACLs. A low-privileged attacker actively monitoring for the installation can inject malicious files (such as install-settings.json) with attacker-controlled ACLs during this window, achieving the same code execution outcome.

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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FKIE_CVE-2025-14740

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-04 14:16 - Updated: 2026-02-04 16:33

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	security@docker.com	https://docs.docker.com/security/
	security@docker.com	https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-28190/
	security@docker.com	https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-28542/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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          "version": "3.1"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 0.8,
        "impactScore": 5.9,
        "source": "security@docker.com",
        "type": "Secondary"
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2026-02-04T14:16:08.533",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "security@docker.com",
      "url": "https://docs.docker.com/security/"
    },
    {
      "source": "security@docker.com",
      "url": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-28190/"
    },
    {
      "source": "security@docker.com",
      "url": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-28542/"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "security@docker.com",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-732"
        }
      ],
      "source": "security@docker.com",
      "type": "Secondary"
    }
  ]
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Action not permitted

CVE-2025-14740 (GCVE-0-2025-14740)

GHSA-WQRH-GCR7-7HJ3

FKIE_CVE-2025-14740

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature