# CVE-2026-114409: Docker Desktop logs can expose stored third-party credentials

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-110827, GHSA-VQW9-M2FJ-XFWX
- Severity: CVSS 5.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.97.0
- Published: 2026-10-27 · Updated: 2026-10-27

## Summary

Docker Desktop, the desktop application for running Docker containers on Windows and macOS, can write third-party API keys and OAuth access tokens in plain text to its local logs and diagnostic bundles. Anyone who can read those files on the affected computer could obtain those credentials.

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## Affected

- Docker Docker Desktop: from 4.39.0, fixed in 4.97.0

## Description

Docker Desktop before version 4.97.0 could write third-party API keys and OAuth access tokens in cleartext to local application logs and diagnostics bundles due to insufficient IPC payload redaction. An attacker with read access to these files could obtain the credentials. These OAuth tokens are not Docker account tokens. Docker Desktop 4.94.0 and 4.95.0 addressed the known logging paths, but logs containing credentials can remain after upgrading. Docker Desktop 4.97.0 fixes the issue and includes cleanup of existing host logs and crash dumps.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Docker, upgrade to a fixed version (4.97.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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

## References

- https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4970
- https://docs.docker.com/desktop/troubleshoot-and-support/troubleshoot/#check-the-logs

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