CVE-2026-72738
Authenticated command injection in Dokploy backup endpoint allows remote code execution on host.
Is CVE-2026-72738 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-72738 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.66% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-72738?
CVE-2026-72738 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.9. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-72738?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-72738. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-72738 affect?
CVE-2026-72738 affects Dokploy < 0.29.13, backup.listBackupFiles tRPC endpoint, Hosts running Dokploy with rclone integration. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-72738?
Upgrade to Dokploy 0.29.13; revoke/limit backup:read; isolate hosts until patched.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated attacker with backup:read can inject shell commands via backup.listBackupFiles leading to remote code execution on the Dokploy host.
Patch when possible
- affected< 0.29.13
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.