Dokploy up to 0.29.12 Backup Endpoint backup.ts child_process.exec Search privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Dokploy up to 0.29.12. It has been rated as critical. This affects the function child_process.exec of the file apps/dokploy/server/api/routers/backup.ts of the component Backup Endpoint. This manipulation of the argument Search causes privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-72738. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Dokploy up to 0.29.12. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function child_process.exec of the file apps/dokploy/server/api/routers/backup.ts of the component Backup Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument search with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dokploy is a free, self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS). Prior to 0.29.13, the backup.listBackupFiles tRPC endpoint in apps/dokploy/server/api/routers/backup.ts passes the search parameter through normalizeS3Path and interpolates it into an rclone lsjson command executed by child_process.exec(), allowing an authenticated user with backup:read permission to execute arbitrary commands on the Dokploy host. This issue is fixed in version 0.29.13.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-72738 since 08/10/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 0.29.13 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Name

• Dokploy

Version

• 0.29.0
• 0.29.1
• 0.29.2
• 0.29.3
• 0.29.4
• 0.29.5
• 0.29.6
• 0.29.7
• 0.29.8
• 0.29.9
• 0.29.10
• 0.29.11
• 0.29.12

Website

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

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