{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9164 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9164 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-9164 is a high-severity vulnerability in Docker Desktop, published on 27 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9164 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-9164 is a high-severity vulnerability in Docker Desktop, published on 27 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9164 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Docker Desktop. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9164/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9164/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-9164","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9164/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-9164","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-5p9c-72f9-f98q"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Docker Desktop","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges by placing malicious DLLs in the Downloads folder, exploiting insecure search order in the Docker Desktop installer.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Docker","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:C","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-427","name":"Uncontrolled Search Path Element"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Multiple DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerabilities in Docker Desktop Installer for Windows","id":"CVE-2025-9164","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"LibTIFF tiffcmp tiffcmp.c InitCCITTFax3 memory leak","id":"CVE-2025-9165"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Houzez \u003c= 4.1.6 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload","id":"CVE-2025-9163"},"products":["Docker Desktop"],"published":"2025-10-27","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-02-26","vendors":["Docker"]},"summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges by placing malicious DLLs in the Downloads folder, exploiting insecure search order in the Docker Desktop installer.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9164/"}