Dockge validates a stack name only on the write path. In backend/stack.ts the allow-list check in validate(), which requires the name to match ^[a-z0-9_-]+$, is reached from save() alone, while the path getter returns path.join(this.server.stacksDir, this.name) and Stack.getStack builds path.join(server.stacksDir, stackName) with no check. The socket handlers in backend/agent-socket-handlers/docker-socket-handler.ts confirm the caller is logged in and that the name is a string, then pass it straight to Stack.getStack, so a name containing traversal sequences resolves outside the managed stacks directory. An authenticated user can therefore read the composeENV and composeYAML values of any directory the server process can reach, which discloses the secrets in that directory's .env or Compose file, and can invoke delete(), which runs docker compose down and then fsAsync.rm on the traversed path with recursive and force set, removing that directory. Disclosure is limited to files named .env or an accepted Compose filename, and deletion requires the target directory to hold a valid Compose file so that docker compose down exits successfully. Dockge commonly runs as root with access to the Docker socket, so the reachable set includes unrelated applications on the host. Instances configured with disableAuth, a supported option that logs the caller in as admin automatically, expose both operations without authentication.
CVE-2026-73040
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-20. The CNA's CVSS baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 56EG Risk 56/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity88% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. - EPSS PROB
- 0.9%
- EPSS %ILE
- 59th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
August 20, 2026
Last Modified
September 24, 2026
Advisory Details (7)
Auto-updated Aug 20, 2026Dockge Path Traversal via Unvalidated Stack Name Allows Arbitrary Compose and .env Disclosure and Arbitrary Directory Deletion | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dockge-path-traversal-via-unvalidated-stack-name-allows-arbitrary-compose-and-env-disclosure-and-arbitrary-directory-deletionGitHub - louislam/dockge: A fancy, easy-to-use and reactive self-hosted docker compose.yaml stack-oriented manager · GitHub
https://github.com/louislam/dockgedockge/backend/agent-socket-handlers/docker-socket-handler.ts at 1.5.0 · louislam/dockge · GitHub
https://github.com/louislam/dockge/blob/1.5.0/backend/agent-socket-handlers/docker-socket-handler.ts#L43-L78dockge/backend/stack.ts at 1.5.0 · louislam/dockge · GitHub
https://github.com/louislam/dockge/blob/1.5.0/backend/stack.ts#L218-L232dockge/backend/stack.ts at 1.5.0 · louislam/dockge · GitHub
https://github.com/louislam/dockge/blob/1.5.0/backend/stack.ts#L377-L379dockge/backend/stack.ts at 1.5.0 · louislam/dockge · GitHub
https://github.com/louislam/dockge/blob/1.5.0/backend/stack.ts#L155-L157Authenticated Path Traversal in stack name allows arbitrary .env/Compose file disclosure and arbitrary directory deletion · Issue #994 · louislam/dockge · GitHub
https://github.com/louislam/dockge/issues/994Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-73040(1)
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