Dokploy up to 0.29.12 Backup/Restore Pipeline child_process.exec os command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dokploy up to 0.29.12. It has been classified as very critical. This issue affects the function child_process.exec of the component Backup/Restore Pipeline. The manipulation leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-72878. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Dokploy up to 0.29.12. This issue affects the function child_process.exec of the component Backup/Restore Pipeline. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is 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, Dokploy's backup and restore pipeline constructs shell commands by directly interpolating user-controlled database fields into bash -c "..." and sh -c "..." strings, then executes them via child_process.exec(). An authenticated admin/owner can inject arbitrary OS commands that execute on the host machine running Dokploy (not just inside a container). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.29.13.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-72878 since 08/10/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/10/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 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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