Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-57169Dockhand: Unauthenticated container exec via WebSocket upgrade

Critical 9.6

In plain English

A critical-severity missing authentication in dockhand from Finsys. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.6Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Dockhand is a Docker management application. Prior to 1.0.34, the in-browser container terminal endpoint /api/containers/<id>/exec does not enforce authentication on the WebSocket upgrade request. When an unauthenticated attacker has network reach to Dockhand, knows a target container ID, and targets a container with an interactive shell, the attacker can open a raw WebSocket terminal session and execute commands inside a known target container. This allows unauthenticated command execution inside the container, with possible host compromise when the container has sensitive mounts or privileged execution. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.34.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Finsys	dockhand	< 1.0.34

Weakness: CWE-306, CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/Finsys/dockhand/security/advisories/GHSA-f6q3-chhc-4hxm x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/Finsys/dockhand/commit/efb634701c55f80a8c752df8ae08d88f2c16cce9 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/Finsys/dockhand/releases/tag/v1.0.34 x_refsource_MISC