Vulnerability · CVE-2025-14740
Docker Desktop for Windows contains multiple incorrect permission assignment vulnerabilities in the installer's handling of the C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop directory.
Published Feb 4, 2026 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · Docker Inc. Docker Desktop
Last checked Nov 4, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-14740. EPSS is 0.22%. Act only if a listed version of Docker Inc. Docker Desktop is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
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- Severity
- Medium6.7
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.22%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- vendor Docker Inc. Docker Desktop 0 ≤4.56.0
Docker Desktop for Windows contains multiple incorrect permission assignment vulnerabilities in the installer's handling of the C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop directory. The installer creates this directory without proper ownership verification, creating two exploitation scenarios: Scenario 1 (Persistent Attack): If a low-privileged attacker pre-creates C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop before Docker Desktop installation, the attacker retains ownership of the directory even after the installer applies restrictive ACLs. At any time after installation completes, the attacker can modify the directory AC
Are you affected?
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- vendor Docker Inc. Docker Desktop 0 ≤4.56.00 ≤4.56.0
How to fix CVE-2025-14740
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 0 ≤4.56.0
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-14740. EPSS is 0.22%. Act only if a listed version of Docker Inc. Docker Desktop is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Docker Inc. Docker Desktop 0 ≤4.56.0 0 ≤4.56.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.22%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
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Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Feb 4, 2026 · EUVD
Detected
Docker Desktop for Windows contains multiple incorrect permission assignment vulnerabilities in the installer's handling of the C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop directory. The installer creates this directory without proper ownership verification, creating two exploitation scenarios: Scenario 1 (Persistent Attack): If a low-privileged attacker pre-creates C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop before Docker Des
Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
Docker Desktop for Windows contains multiple incorrect permission assignment vulnerabilities in the installer's handling of the C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop directory. The installer creates this directory without proper ownership verification, creating two exploitation scenarios: Scenario 1 (Persistent Attack): If a low-privileged attacker pre-creates C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop before Docker Des
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-14740
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-14740
30-day exploitation probability 0.22%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-206791
Docker Desktop for Windows contains multiple incorrect permission assignment vulnerabilities in the installer's handling of the C:\ProgramData\DockerDesktop directory. The installer creates this directory without proper ownership verification, creating two exploitation scenarios:
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Nov 3, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- CVE.orgNov 4, 2026
- FIRST EPSSNov 3, 2026
- EUVDNov 2, 2026