CVE-2025-9164Multiple DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerabilities in Docker Desktop Installer for Windows
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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.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)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
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-427
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Docker
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
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