CVE-2026-72901 Dokploy: Remote Code Execution via volume-backup
An authenticated low-privilege user can execute arbitrary commands on the host via volume backup features, leading to root-equivalent access.
- 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-2026-72901?
CVE-2026-72901 is a critical command injection 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). Prior to 0.29.13, Dokploy allows an authenticated low-privilege member to execute arbitrary commands on the control-plane host because the volumeName field accepted by volumeBackup.create and volumeBackup.runManually is interpolated without quoting in packages/server/src/utils/volume-backups/backup.ts and executed through child_process.exec, with Docker socket access making execution host/root-equivalent. This issue is fixed in version 0.29.13.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-72901?
How do I fix CVE-2026-72901?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-72901 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2026-72901 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-72901 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w223-vw9m-4f9c.