Host root compromise via unauthorized WebSocket terminals
Published Aug 10, 2026 · Updated Aug 10, 2026
Missing authorization in Dokploy before 0.29.13 allows remote authenticated users to gain root access on the Docker host. The local terminal and container WebSocket handlers call validateRequest() but skip role, organization, and service checks before using attacker-controlled container IDs or usernames for docker exec or SSH. A member account on a self-hosted, multiuser instance can reach arbitrary containers, and the Dokploy container's mounted Docker socket enables full host and cross-tenant compromise.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Dokploy before 0.29.13 allows remote authenticated users to gain root access on the Docker host. The local terminal and container WebSocket handlers call validateRequest() but skip role, organization, and service checks before using attacker-controlled container IDs or usernames for docker exec or SSH. A member account on a self-hosted, multiuser instance can reach arbitrary containers, and the Dokploy container's mounted Docker socket enables full host and cross-tenant compromise.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-72863
- Published
- Aug 10, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 10, 2026
- Vendor
- Dokploy
- Product
- Dokploy
- Classifications
- CWE-269, CWE-862, CWE-639, T1059
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 10, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 0.29.13
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- GHSA-7r6p-v9gw-pwc8 member-to-host-root proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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