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CVE-2026-44848

Portainer: Missing authorization on Docker plugin endpoints allows host RCE

Published: May 28, 2026Updated: Jun 1, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-862
8.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 75.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Portainer Community Edition is a lightweight service delivery platform for containerized applications that can be used to manage Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes and ACI environments. From 2.33.0 to before 2.33.8, 2.39.2, and 2.41.0, The Docker plugin management endpoints (/plugins/*) were not registered with a handler, so standard users with endpoint access could call privileged plugin operations — including installing and enabling plugins — directly against the underlying Docker daemon. The vulnerability is exposed when a non-admin Portainer user (Standard User role, or any role granted endpoint-level access) has been given access to a Docker endpoint via Portainer RBAC. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.33.8, 2.39.2, and 2.41.0.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-862

Affected Products

portainerportainer
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
PortainerСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premWeb App
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
portaineross-projectCloud & SaaS
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://github.com/portainer/portainer/security/advisories/GHSA-rrmm-9v76-h3p4
github.com
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrmm-9v76-h3p4
github.com
https://github.com/portainer/portainer/security/advisories/GHSA-rrmm-9v76-h3p4
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Timeline

Published
May 28, 2026
Last Updated
Jun 1, 2026

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