CVE-2025-6587

Exposure of system environment variables in Docker Desktop diagnostic logs

MEDIUM
5.2
CVSS Score
Published: July 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:02 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDocker Desktop

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Severity
MEDIUM5.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

System environment variables are recorded in Docker Desktop diagnostic logs, when using shell auto-completion. This leads to unintentional disclosure of sensitive information such as api keys, passwords, etc.  A malicious actor with read access to these logs could obtain secrets and further use them to gain unauthorized access to other systems. Starting with version 4.43.0 Docker Desktop no longer logs system environment variables as part of diagnostics log collection.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.43.0
Affected range stops below 4.43.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.2MEDIUMDocker
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-532

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