CVE-2026-86002

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

Published Oct 14, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Dokku
Dokku dokku
Vendors & Products Dokku
Dokku dokku
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Dokku: Host Command Execution via eval of Unsanitized Docker Options in DOCKER_ARGS
Weaknesses CWE-95
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Oct 14, 2026, 5:45 PM
Reserved
Sep 4, 2026, 7:17 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 14, 2026, 4:17 PM
Modified
Oct 16, 2026, 4:00 PM