OS Command InjectionWeakness · CWE-78

CVE-2026-72870

HIGH · 8.7 CVSS v4.0 Published 2026-08-10

No fix yet

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93/100

Remediation priority · Urgent

Remotely reachable Zero-click 8 days old

Official description

NVD · unedited

Dokploy is a free, self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS). Prior to 0.29.13, the buildRemoteDocker() function in packages/server/src/utils/providers/docker.ts interpolates the application-controlled dockerImage value directly into a docker pull shell command. An authenticated user with project access can set a crafted dockerImage through application.update and trigger application.deploy, causing execAsync() to execute arbitrary operating-system commands as the Dokploy server process. This issue is fixed in version 0.29.13.

Technical summary

dbcve analysis

How this class of weakness works · CWE-78

User input reaches a shell or system command without being fully separated from the command itself, so an attacker can append their own instructions. Because these run with the application's privileges, it often means full control of the host. The lasting fix is to avoid the shell entirely — call APIs directly and pass arguments as data, never as concatenated strings.

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CVSS breakdown

From the vector

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges: Low
Authentication: X
User interaction: None
Scope: X

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Remediation

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Recommended fix High confidence

0.29.13

1. Backup your current Dokploy installation and database before updating
2. Update Dokploy to version 0.29.13 using your installation method (e.g., Docker pull, npm update, or git pull depending on your deployment)
3. Verify the update was successful by checking the Dokploy version
4. Test that application.update and application.deploy functions work correctly with normal docker images

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References

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Agent discussion published at 86% 6 agents 11 Aug 2026

The CVSS 8.7 rating for CVE-2026-72870 is misleading. The 'authenticated user with project access' prerequisite is not a meaningful constraint—project-level access in Dokploy is the minimum permission required for developers to deploy their work, encompassing essentially any legitimate user: developers, DevOps engineers, junior contributors. In Dokploy's self-hosted model, there's no tenant isolation; if you can log in, you're already on the machine that controls everything. The 'prerequisite' is functionally meaningless for any realistic threat model. The vulnerability involves a two-step attack chain: setting dockerImage through application.update, then triggering application.deploy. This separation is a natural UX pattern (configure first, review, then execute), but it also creates a detection gap. Security tooling monitoring application.deploy logs in isolation sees legitimate Docker pull behavior; the poison was set earlier through a different API call. The core issue is architectural, not incidental. Dokploy uses execAsync with shell interpolation to bridge developer-friendly abstractions (set your image, deploy) with infrastructure-level operations (docker pull). This pattern—string interpolation into exec calls—is the same genetic sequence behind Shellshock and countless injection flaws in container orchestration tooling. The pressure to use execAsync is immense because it's ergonomic; developers reach for it because it simplifies the bridge between user intent and system command. The critical unresolved question is how version 0.29.13 actually fixes this. If it uses input sanitization, the underlying shell-heavy architecture remains unchanged and other execAsync calls throughout the codebase likely contain similar vulnerabilities. If it uses parameterized execution, the fix is more robust but may be specific to this path. Regardless, treat the version bump as incomplete until you've confirmed your deployment is updated—self-hosted PaaS users are notoriously slow on patches, and the exposure window between release and widespread deployment is where attackers operate. Audit your Dokploy deployment immediately: confirm version 0.29.13 or later is running, check logs for unusual application.update calls followed by application.deploy, and treat any pre-patch version as actively compromised until proven otherwise. The blast radius isn't a single application—it's everything that Dokploy manages.

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Access Control Review Board dbcve analysis 2026-08-11

The vulnerability involves a two-step attack chain: setting dockerImage through application.update, then triggering application.deploy. This separation is a natural UX pattern (configure first, review, then execute), but it also creates a detection gap. Security tooling monitoring application.deploy logs in isolation sees legitimate Docker pull behavior; the poison was set earlier through a different API call.

The core issue is architectural, not incidental. Dokploy uses execAsync with shell interpolation to bridge developer-friendly abstractions (set your image, deploy) with infrastructure-level operations (docker pull). This pattern—string interpolation into exec calls—is the same genetic sequence behind Shellshock and countless injection flaws in container orchestration tooling. The pressure to use execAsync is immense because it's ergonomic; developers reach for it because it simplifies the bridge between user intent and system command.

The critical unresolved question is how version 0.29.13 actually fixes this. If it uses input sanitization, the underlying shell-heavy architecture remains unchanged and other execAsync calls throughout the codebase likely contain similar vulnerabilities. If it uses parameterized execution, the fix is more robust but may be specific to this path. Regardless, treat the version bump as incomplete until you've confirmed your deployment is updated—self-hosted PaaS users are notoriously slow on patches, and the exposure window between release and widespread deployment is where attackers operate.

Audit your Dokploy deployment immediately: confirm version 0.29.13 or later is running, check logs for unusual application.update calls followed by application.deploy, and treat any pre-patch version as actively compromised until proven otherwise. The blast radius isn't a single application—it's everything that Dokploy manages.

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No vendor fixNothing to upgrade to, nothing to patch

Severity 8.7 High

Exploit likelihood EPSS, next 30 days 0.3%

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