# CVE-2026-24840: Dokploy uses hardcoded credentials in installation script, which could result in database access

> Attackers can access databases in nearly all installations due to hardcoded credentials in the installation script, requiring an upgrade to Dokploy.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 28 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jr65-3j3w-gjmc

## What is CVE-2026-24840?

CVE-2026-24840 is a high-severity vulnerability in dokploy, published on 28 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dokploy is a free, self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS). In versions prior to 0.26.6, a hardcoded credential in the provided installation script (located at https://dokploy.com/install.sh, line 154) uses a hardcoded password when creating the database container. This means that nearly all Dokploy installations use the same database credentials and could be compromised. Version 0.26.6 contains a patch for the issue.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-24840?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dokploy Dokploy.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-24840?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-24840 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-24840 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-24840 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in dokploy

- [CVE-2026-24841](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24841/): Command injection in dokploy (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2025-53825](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53825/): Dokploy's Preview Deployments are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2025-53376](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53376/): Dokploy allows attackers to run arbitrary OS commands on the Dokploy host. (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-53375](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53375/): Dokploy allows attackers to read any file that the Traefik process user can access (medium 4.9)
- [CVE-2026-24839](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24839/): Dokploy has a clickjacking vulnerability - Missing X-Frame-Options and CSP frame-ancestors headers (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-24840 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-24840 is a high-severity vulnerability in dokploy, published on 28 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-24840 exists.

Affected product: dokploy. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24840/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24840/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24840
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24840
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24840

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24840/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.