---
id: CVE-2026-86002
title: Dokku is a docker-powered platform as a service
summary: >-
  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,…
severity: critical
cvss: 9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-95
published: '2026-10-14'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T18:19:17.510'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86002'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/dokku/dokku/commit/1a376c362215a5c7044a08b3e3905b1a5fddc821
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/dokku/dokku/pull/8848'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/dokku/dokku/releases/tag/v0.38.25'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/dokku/dokku/security/advisories/GHSA-fccf-j7qf-2xp9'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T16:40:32.128Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.