CVE-2026-45790
CVE-2026-45790 — Dokploy: Invitation Role Escalation Allows Organization Takeover
Dokploy is a free, self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS). Prior to 0.29.6, Dokploy's organization.inviteMember tRPC procedure in apps/dokploy/server/api/routers/organization.ts allows a user with member:create permission to invite an account with the owner role, while packages/server/src/services/user.ts allows a privileged self-hosted user to create an account with an arbitrary role, enabling permanent organization takeover because owner roles cannot be demoted. This issue is fixed in version 0.29.6.
Published Updated Sources: NVD, Dokploy (CNA), GitHub, SOCRadar CTI
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
0%
ahead of 0% of scored CVEs
CVSS base
8
high
Remediation
The vendor's own words where we have them.
Upgrade dokploy to a fixed release. Apply vendor patches per advisory and restrict external exposure of the affected component until patched.
First 24 hours
Ordered from the record's own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found.
- Identify exposed assets running affected vendor/product/version combinations.
- Prioritize based on EPSS, PoC availability, and external exposure.
- Search available logs for exploit probes, errors, authentication anomalies, or suspicious child processes matching the vulnerability class.
Affected scope
Vendor, product and version as the advisories word them.
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dokploy | dokploy | < 0.29.6 | Vulnerable |
Attack characteristics
The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.
Availability
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Scope
Unchanged
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Vector
Network
Privileges Req
Low
User Interaction
Required
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | CVSS 3.1 | high | 2.1 | 5.9 | GitHub (CNA), Dokploy (CNA) |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What this weakness leads to
MITRE's own consequences and mitigations for the weakness class — the authority's wording, not guidance derived from the CVSS vector.
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
- Gain Privileges or Assume Identity::
Mitigation: Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-269Improper Privilege Management
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
- T1548Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
Detection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.
- Search application, proxy, and WAF logs for requests touching /dokploy/server/api/routers/organization.ts, /server/src/services/user.ts.
- Prioritize edge telemetry for network-reachable dokploy.
- Review endpoint telemetry for service binary replacement, suspicious service launches, or privilege changes tied to the affected agent.
Timeline
What happened to this CVE, newest first — with the readings a source repeats on a schedule counted underneath rather than listed.
- 2026
Added · CVSS 3.1 8.0 (AV:N)
Aug 17, 2026 · NVD
Initial · CVE published
Aug 17, 2026 · NVD
References
4 on the record
- github.com/Dokploy/dokploy/commit/a07106d649991ea09892220873ea3243766c3e08
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitre
- github.com/Dokploy/dokploy/pull/4475
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitre
- github.com/Dokploy/dokploy/releases/tag/v0.29.6
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitre
- github.com/Dokploy/dokploy/security/advisories/GHSA-fm9p-wmpw-gxjh
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitre
Elsewhere on this site
- Dokployevery CVE for this vendor
- Privilege Escsame class
- CWE-269other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.
Answered from this record1
What should defenders know first?
CVE-2026-45790 is Dokploy: Invitation Role Escalation Allows Organization Takeover, a high vulnerability affecting dokploy from Dokploy. The current evidence does not list it in CISA KEV, and the exploit status is: Active exploitation is not confirmed from current sources for CVE-2026-45790. Public exploit evidence is: A public PoC is not confirmed from current sources for CVE-2026-45790. The affected-version evidence is listed in the key facts and affected products tables. Defenders should first verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run those versions, then apply vendor patches or mitigations, restrict reachable attack surface, and preserve logs for detection review. CVSS 8 describes technical severity, while EPSS 0% helps estimate near-term exploit likelihood; neither replaces asset context. Unknown fields should remain explicit in tickets, and threat actor, IOC, victimology, or payload claims should not be added unless a cited source supports them. Monitor CISA KEV, vendor advisories, NVD changes, public PoC repositories, and internal telemetry for update triggers.