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CVE-2025-9164: Multiple DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerabilities in Docker Desktop Installer for Windows

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-10-27 · updated 2026-10-08
• Weakness: CWE-427

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 products

• Docker Desktop: through 4.48.0

References

• https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/

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