Dokploy up to 0.29.12 Docker Container Terminal docker-container-terminal.ts validateRequest containerId improper authorization

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A vulnerability was found in Dokploy up to 0.29.12. It has been declared as very critical. This affects the function validateRequest of the file apps/dokploy/server/wss/docker-container-terminal.ts of the component Docker Container Terminal. Executing a manipulation of the argument containerId can lead to improper authorization. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-72864. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Dokploy up to 0.29.12. It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects the function validateRequest of the file apps/dokploy/server/wss/docker-container-terminal.ts of the component Docker Container Terminal. The manipulation of the argument containerId with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Dokploy is a free, self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS). Prior to 0.29.13, the local branch of /docker-container-terminal in apps/dokploy/server/wss/docker-container-terminal.ts authenticates with validateRequest but does not authorize the attacker-controlled containerId against the caller's role, organization, or service access before passing it to `docker exec`, allowing any authenticated member to obtain a root shell in arbitrary containers on a self-hosted instance. This issue is fixed in version 0.29.13.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-72864 since 08/10/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/10/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1548.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 0.29.13 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• 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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