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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-23520

Arcane provides modern docker management.

Published Jan 15, 2026 · catalog updated Jan 15, 2026 · Arcane

Last checked Nov 2, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-23520. EPSS is 1.85%. Act only if a listed version of Arcane is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Critical9.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.85%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor getarcaneapp Arcane < 1.13.0

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 w

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor getarcaneapp Arcane < 1.13.0< 1.13.0

How to fix CVE-2026-23520

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-23520. EPSS is 1.85%. Act only if a listed version of Arcane is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with getarcaneapp Arcane < 1.13.0 < 1.13.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.85%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Docker security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jan 15, 2026 · EUVD

    Detected

    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 sanitiz

  2. Jan 15, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    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 sanitiz

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-23520

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-23520

    30-day exploitation probability 1.85%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2026-2738

    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 defini

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 2, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 2, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 30, 2026
  • EUVDOct 30, 2026