CVE-2025-10657

Privilege escalation via ignored socket command restrictions

Published Sep 26, 2025 · Updated Sep 26, 2025

Improper privilege management in Docker Desktop 4.46.0 allows local users to execute unrestricted Docker socket commands. The ECI configuration handoff ignores the Docker socket command allow or deny list, so requests reach the daemon without the administrator's policy. Exploitation requires ECI, an administrator-enabled socket mount exception, configured command restrictions, and code running inside an allowed container.

CVSS severity8.7
High
EPSS probability0.14%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper privilege management in Docker Desktop 4.46.0 allows local users to execute unrestricted Docker socket commands. The ECI configuration handoff ignores the Docker socket command allow or deny list, so requests reach the daemon without the administrator's policy. Exploitation requires ECI, an administrator-enabled socket mount exception, configured command restrictions, and code running inside an allowed container.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-10657
Published
Sep 26, 2025
Updated
Sep 26, 2025
Vendor
Docker
Product
Docker Desktop
Classifications
CWE-269, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 26, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 26, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=4.46.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Docker · Docker Desktopversion=4.46.0

Published CVSS scores

8.7Docker Inc.CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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