CVE-2026-72886 Privilege escalation in dokploy
A non-admin member can escalate privileges to root on the host by bypassing authorization checks in server-level schedules.
- 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-2026-72886?
CVE-2026-72886 is a critical vulnerability in dokploy, published on 10 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Dokploy is a free, self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS). From 0.29.2 until 0.29.13, schedule.create and schedule.update in apps/dokploy/server/api/routers/schedule.ts derive serviceId from applicationId or composeId and execute the owner/admin host-schedule gate only in the alternative branch, allowing a member with access to one application to attach its applicationId to a dokploy-server schedule and run a supplied script as root through schedule.runManually. This issue is fixed in version 0.29.13.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-72886?
How do I fix CVE-2026-72886?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-72886 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-72886 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-72886 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r89g-h7x9-phr2.