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TI-2026-33375 Aliases CVE-2026-45631

Dokploy: Pre-Auth Admin Takeover via Hardcoded Authentication Secret

Priority HIGH 82CWE-798Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-798.

Summary

Dokploy is a free, self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS). From 0.27.0 to before 0.29.3, a hardcoded BETTER_AUTH_SECRET fallback ("better-auth-secret-123456789") lets an unauthenticated attacker forge email verification JWTs, trigger auto-sign-in as admin, and execute commands on the host via the built-in SSH terminal. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.29.3.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00454 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed dokploy (Dokploy): 0.29.3

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Dokploydokploy0.27.0 to before 0.29.30.29.3Patch availableCNA
  • dokploy VendorDokploy Affected 0.27.0 to before 0.29.3 Fixed in 0.29.3 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:dokploy:dokploy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Dokploy
  • cpe:2.3:a:dokploy:dokploy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Dokploy

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA dokploy (Dokploy) Fixed in 0.29.3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45631
  2. 2026-10-07 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile

References

Other 2

  • TI-2025-33717 Dokploy's Preview Deployments are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-62972 Dokploy: Authenticated OS Command Injection in patch.readRepoDirectories (repoPath) leads to RCE as root CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-58871 Dokploy: Git Provider Credential Exposure via Unprotected .one Endpoints and application.one CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2026-51118 Dokploy: Remote Code Execution via volume-backup CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-51110 Improper privilege management in dokploy CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-51106 Dokploy: Authenticated blind command injection via file mounts leads to direct remote host RCE on managed servers CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
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Sources

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