Dokku: Host Command Execution via eval of Unsanitized Docker Options in DOCKER_ARGS

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-86002
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-10-14 16:17:54 UTC
Updated2026-10-16 16:00:33 UTC
DescriptionDokku 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-95 | CWE-95 CWE-95: Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary9CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED9CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Dokku Dokku affected < 0.38.25 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/dokku/dokku/releases/tag/v0.38.25 [email protected] github.com
github.com/dokku/dokku/security/advisories/GHSA-fccf-j7qf-2xp9 [email protected] github.com
github.com/dokku/dokku/pull/8848 [email protected] github.com
github.com/dokku/dokku/commit/1a376c362215a5c7044a08b3e3905b1a5fddc821 [email protected] github.com
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