Description
Arcane provides modern docker management. Prior to 1.13.0, Arcane has a command injection in the updater service. Arcane’s updater service supported lifecycle labels com.getarcaneapp.arcane.lifecycle.pre-update and com.getarcaneapp.arcane.lifecycle.post-update that allowed defining a command to run before or after a container update. The label value is passed directly to /bin/sh -c without sanitization or validation. Because any authenticated user (not limited to administrators) can create projects through the API, an attacker can create a project that specifies one of these lifecycle labels with a malicious command. When an administrator later triggers a container update (either manually or via scheduled update checks), Arcane reads the lifecycle label and executes its value as a shell command inside the container. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.13.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| getarcaneapp | arcane | < 1.13.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260123T022811-150000.1.140.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:0292-1 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
GitHub 2 repositories
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cypher-21/CVE-2026-23520 ★ 3 · Mar 23, 2026
CVE-2026-23520 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Arcane, a modern Docker management platform. The flaw exists in the platform's updater service and allows for Remote Code Execution (RC…
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Augmaster/POC-CVE-2026-23520 ★ 2 · Mar 21, 2026
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/getarcaneapp/arcane/backend | < 0.0.0-20260114065515-5a9c2f92e11f | 0.0.0-20260114065515-5a9c2f92e11f | GHSA-gjqq-6r35-w3r8 |
Advisories 2
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 31, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:0292-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026