CVE-2025-53375 Dokploy allows attackers to read any file that the Traefik process user can access

Medium 4.9 Published Updated

An authenticated attacker can read arbitrary files accessible to the Traefik process, potentially exposing secrets and enabling lateral movement.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-53375?

CVE-2025-53375 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in dokploy, published on 7 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Dokploy is a self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS) that simplifies the deployment and management of applications and databases. An authenticated attacker can read any file that the Traefik process user can access (e.g., /etc/passwd, application source, environment variable files containing credentials and secrets). This may lead to full compromise of other services or lateral movement. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.23.7.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53375?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dokploy Dokploy.

How do I fix CVE-2025-53375?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53375 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2025-53375 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53375 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vq94-qm94-mxp6.

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