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Description

Dokku is a docker-powered PaaS. Prior to 0.38.2, the app name validation regex (^[a-z0-9][^/:_A-Z]*$) permits shell metacharacters. When an authenticated user pushes to a git remote with a crafted app name, the name is embedded unquoted into a bash pre-receive hook script via an unquoted heredoc (<<EOF instead of <<'EOF') in fn-git-create-hook() at plugins/git/internal-functions:378. On git push, bash interprets the semicolon as a command separator, executing arbitrary commands as the dokku user. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.38.2.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-12 | Published 2026-06-26 | Updated 2026-06-26 | Assigner GitHub_M




CRITICAL: 9.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Product status

< 0.38.2
affected

References

github.com/.../dokku/security/advisories/GHSA-9x85-7gxq-fcr3

github.com/dokku/dokku/pull/8590

cve.org (CVE-2026-45408)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-45408)

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