CVE-2026-84694 (GCVE-0-2026-84694)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-02 00:37 – Updated: 2026-09-02 11:13
VLAI
Title
Coolify before 4.2.0 Remote Code Execution via Environment Variable Key
Summary
Coolify before 4.2.0 fails to properly escape environment variable key names in Docker commands executed over SSH on managed servers. Authenticated attackers can inject shell metacharacters into environment variable keys to execute arbitrary commands on the server host outside containers.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-02 11:13 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
coollabsio coolify Affected: 0 , < 4.2.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.2.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:coollabs:coolify:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-07-07 00:00
Credits
Jaime Ramírez
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