Dokploy up to 0.29.12 Volume Backup backup.ts child_process.exec volumeName os command injection

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A vulnerability labeled as very critical has been found in Dokploy up to 0.29.12. Affected by this issue is the function child_process.exec of the file packages/server/src/utils/volume-backups/backup.ts of the component Volume Backup. The manipulation of the argument volumeName results in os command injection. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-72901. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Dokploy up to 0.29.12. Affected is the function child_process.exec of the file packages/server/src/utils/volume-backups/backup.ts of the component Volume Backup. The manipulation of the argument volumeName 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. CVE summarizes:

Dokploy is a free, self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS). Prior to 0.29.13, Dokploy allows an authenticated low-privilege member to execute arbitrary commands on the control-plane host because the volumeName field accepted by volumeBackup.create and volumeBackup.runManually is interpolated without quoting in packages/server/src/utils/volume-backups/backup.ts and executed through child_process.exec, with Docker socket access making execution host/root-equivalent. This issue is fixed in version 0.29.13.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-72901 since 08/10/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack 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 T1202 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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