# CVE-2025-13743: Expired Personal Access Tokens (PATs) are recorded in Docker Desktop diagnostic logs

> Expired personal access tokens are leaked in Docker Desktop diagnostic logs, exposing sensitive credentials to anyone with access to the logs.

- **Severity:** Low 2.4 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 10 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5j4f-jq8r-vg77

## What is CVE-2025-13743?

CVE-2025-13743 is a low-severity vulnerability in Docker Desktop, published on 9 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Docker Desktop diagnostics bundles were found to include expired Hub PATs in log output due to error object serialization. This poses a risk of leaking sensitive information in exported diagnostics, especially when access denied errors occurred.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13743?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Docker Docker Desktop.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-13743?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13743 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-13743 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13743 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13743 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-13743 is a low-severity vulnerability in Docker Desktop, published on 9 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13743 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Docker Desktop. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13743/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13743/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13743
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13743
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-13743

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13743/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.