# CVE-2025-54388: Moby's Firewalld reload makes published container ports accessible from remote hosts > Firewalld reloads remove Docker's localhost port restrictions, exposing container ports to remote attackers. - **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Not needed - **Attackable:** Local or same network only - **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 30 Jul 2025 - **Updated:** 30 Jul 2025 - **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-54388, CLEANSTART-2025-VP24183, GHSA-x4rx-4gw3-53p4, GO-2025-3830, MINI-2296-9mvh-8mc4, MINI-2p25-r653-6cpj, MINI-4cwj-66jg-mg79, MINI-8qm3-2cx8-fg69, MINI-g4v7-ppqv-3j77, MINI-gfxj-qx5j-v76p, MINI-h2rg-f4fw-h3gg, MINI-hmv2-mqvf-5h4v, MINI-hx6v-mh87-m398, MINI-pfhv-6h3q-fq77, MINI-qgrm-p58p-grwg, MINI-wwq2-cph2-34rc, SUSE-SU-2025:02913-1, SUSE-SU-2025:02914-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20565-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20743-1, SUSE-SU-2026:20095-1, SUSE-SU-2026:20112-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54388, openSUSE-SU-2025:15395-1, openSUSE-SU-2026:20057-1 ## What is CVE-2025-54388? CVE-2025-54388 is a medium-severity vulnerability in moby, published on 30 Jul 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 Moby is an open source container framework developed by Docker Inc. that is distributed as Docker Engine, Mirantis Container Runtime, and various other downstream projects/products. In versions 28.2.0 through 28.3.2, when the firewalld service is reloaded it removes all iptables rules including those created by Docker. While Docker should automatically recreate these rules, versions before 28.3.3 fail to recreate the specific rules that block external access to containers. This means that after a firewalld reload, containers with ports published to localhost (like 127.0.0.1:8080) become accessible from remote machines that have network routing to the Docker bridge, even though they should only be accessible from the host itself. The vulnerability only affects explicitly published ports - unpublished ports remain protected. This issue is fixed in version 28.3.3. Weakness: CWE-909 (Missing Initialization of Resource) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54388? 3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/docker/docker. It affects 1 product. | Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `github.com/docker/docker` | Go | From 28.2.0 | 28.3.3 | | `github.com/docker/docker` | Go | From 28.2.0 | 28.3.3 | | `github.com/docker/docker` | Go | From 28.2.0+incompatible | 28.3.3+incompatible | | `docker` | SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6 | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP7 | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-98.137.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | All versions | 28.5.1_ce-160000.4.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-98.137.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | All versions | 28.5.1_ce-160000.4.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Micro 6.0 | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-6.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Micro 6.1 | All versions | 28.4.0_ce-slfo.1.1_6.1 | | `docker` | SUSE:Linux Micro 6.2 | All versions | 28.5.1_ce-160000.4.1 | | `docker` | openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-150000.230.1 | | `docker` | openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | All versions | 28.5.1_ce-160000.4.1 | | `docker` | openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 28.3.3_ce-26.1 | Products: Mobyproject Moby. ## How do I fix CVE-2025-54388? Upgrade github.com/docker/docker to a fixed version for your release line: 28.3.3 or 28.3.3+incompatible. ## Is CVE-2025-54388 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54388 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in moby - [CVE-2024-36623](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36623/): Moby Race Condition vulnerability (high 8.1) - [CVE-2023-28840](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28840/): moby/moby's dockerd daemon encrypted overlay network may be unauthenticated (high 7.5) - [CVE-2018-12608](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12608/): Docker Authentication Bypass (high 7.5) - [CVE-2024-24557](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24557/): Moby classic builder cache poisoning (medium 6.9) - [CVE-2023-28841](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28841/): moby/moby's dockerd daemon encrypted overlay network traffic may be unencrypted (medium 6.8) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2025-54388 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2025-54388 is a medium-severity vulnerability in moby, published on 30 Jul 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-2025-54388 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected packages and fixed versions: - github.com/docker/docker (Go): affected from 28.2.0; fixed in 28.3.3 - github.com/docker/docker (Go): affected from 28.2.0; fixed in 28.3.3 - github.com/docker/docker (Go): affected from 28.2.0+incompatible; fixed in 28.3.3+incompatible 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-2025-54388/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54388/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54388 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54388 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-54388 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54388/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.