Dokploy: Missing authorization in WebSocket handlers allows a low-privilege member to gain root on the Docker host
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation, 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-269 and CWE-639.
Summary
Dokploy is a free, self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS). Prior to 0.29.13, Dokploy's WebSocket handlers (in-app terminals and log streamers) authenticate the session but never authorize it. They establish who the user is via validateRequest() and then proceed without consulting the role/permission model that every tRPC procedure enforces. Any authenticated member, can therefore open an interactive shell into any container on the host, including the dokploy container that mounts the Docker socket, and from there obtain root on the host, escaping the application and crossing every tenant boundary. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.29.13.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA dokploy (Dokploy) Fixed in 0.29.13
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72863
References
More Dokploy vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-33375 Dokploy: Pre-Auth Admin Takeover via Hardcoded Authentication Secret CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- 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
Sources
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