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TI-2026-74166 Aliases CVE-2026-86002

Eval injection in Dokku docker-options lets users run host commands

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-95Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-95.

Summary

Dokku versions before 0.38.25 are affected. Shell command substitutions in values stored through the docker-options plugin are later evaluated by Bash eval during build, deploy, or run operations, a flaw classified as CWE-95. A user with app-level Dokku access and remote SSH access to docker-options commands can run arbitrary commands on the host with the privileges of the dokku operating-system user.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Description from the CNA

Dokku is a docker-powered platform as a service. In Dokku versions before 0.38.25, a user with app-level Dokku access and remote SSH access to execute docker-options commands can store arbitrary strings through the docker-options plugin, and those strings are later concatenated into DOCKER_ARGS and processed by Bash eval during build, deploy, or run operations. Shell command substitutions in the stored values are interpreted on the host, allowing arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the dokku operating-system user. This issue is fixed in version 0.38.25.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00563 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed dokku (dokku): 0.38.25

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
dokkudokkubefore 0.38.250.38.25Patch availableCNA
  • dokku Vendordokku Affected before 0.38.25 Fixed in 0.38.25 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:dokku:dokku:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——dokku
  • cpe:2.3:a:dokku:dokku:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·dokku

Remediation

Upgrade Dokku to version 0.38.25, which fixes this issue.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

  • Fix · CNA dokku (dokku) Fixed in 0.38.25

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-14 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-86002
  2. 2026-10-15 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  3. 2026-10-15 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  4. 2026-10-16 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM

References

Other 4

  • TI-2026-39465 Dokku: OS Command Injection via app.json managed Cron CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-33197 Dokku: OS Command Injection via App Name in Git Pre-Receive Hook CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2026-33195 Dokku: Host RCE via Maliciously Named OpenResty Include Files Injected Through eval CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2026-33194 Dokku: Arbitrary File Write via Tar Symlink Traversal in git:from-archive and certs:add CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2026-33196 Dokku: Git Credentials in .netrc Stored World-Readable Due to Premature touch CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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