Dokploy up to 0.29.12 Database Backup/Restore Command Builders utils.ts child_process.exec os command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Dokploy up to 0.29.12. This affects the function child_process.exec of the file packages/server/src/utils/backups/utils.ts of the component Database Backup/Restore Command Builders. Performing a manipulation results in os command injection. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-72881. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Dokploy up to 0.29.12. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function child_process.exec of the file packages/server/src/utils/backups/utils.ts of the component Database Backup/Restore Command Builders. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on 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, database backup and restore command builders in packages/server/src/utils/backups/utils.ts and packages/server/src/utils/restore/utils.ts interpolate database names, usernames, and passwords into nested shell command strings passed to child_process.exec(). An authenticated administrator with permission to create databases and configure backups can use crafted database configuration fields to execute arbitrary commands inside PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL, MongoDB, or LibSQL containers, exposing database data and credentials and potentially enabling escape when a container is overprivileged. This issue is fixed in version 0.29.13.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-72881 since 08/10/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. 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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• 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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