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CVE-2025-9164

Multiple DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerabilities in Docker Desktop Installer for Windows

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 27, 2025 at 01:53 PM UTC
Updated: October 8, 2026 at 11:10 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorDocker DesktopDesktop

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Docker Desktop Installer.exe is vulnerable to DLL hijacking due to insecure DLL search order. The installer searches for required DLLs in the user's Downloads folder before checking system directories, allowing local privilege escalation through malicious DLL placement.This issue affects Docker Desktop: through 4.48.0.

Affected

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

Docker Desktop· Docker
90%
0 ≤ v ≤ 4.48.00
Desktop· Docker
70%
v ≤ 4.48.0

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.

References (1)

Source: cverecord
https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

8.8HIGHDocker
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-427

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