dokploy up to 0.29.2 BETTER_AUTH_SECRET hard-coded credentials

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in dokploy up to 0.29.2. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument BETTER_AUTH_SECRET results in hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-45631. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in dokploy up to 0.29.2. It has been classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument BETTER_AUTH_SECRET with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Dokploy is a free, self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS). From 0.27.0 to before 0.29.3, a hardcoded BETTER_AUTH_SECRET fallback ("better-auth-secret-123456789") lets an unauthenticated attacker forge email verification JWTs, trigger auto-sign-in as admin, and execute commands on the host via the built-in SSH terminal. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.29.3.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-45631 since 05/12/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/29/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.

Upgrading to version 0.29.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• dokploy

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• 0.29.0
• 0.29.1
• 0.29.2

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• Product: https://github.com/Dokploy/dokploy/

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