CVE-2026-73040
Path traversal/auth bypass in Dockge exposes .env/Compose and can delete host directories.
Is CVE-2026-73040 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-73040 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 0.67% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-73040?
CVE-2026-73040 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. 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-2026-73040?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-73040, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-73040 affect?
CVE-2026-73040 affects Dockge server instances, Dockge with disableAuth enabled, Hosts running Dockge as root, Systems with exposed Docker socket, and 1 further product or version. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-73040?
Restrict Dockge access, disable disableAuth, isolate/remove Docker socket, apply vendor patch when released.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Auth-bypass path traversal allows reading .env/Compose secrets and deleting host directories via docker compose down + rm.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 1.5.0
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.