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Portainer: Missing authorization on Docker plugin endpoints allows host RCE
AV AC AT PR UI VC VI VA CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N L N H H H 9.4 .0033 25.8 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
portainer >= 2.33.0, < 2.33.8 – —
TIMELINE
May 7 Reserved by GitHub_M
May 28 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44848 (portainer). Public exploit reference added.
May 28 Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| May 7, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by GitHub_M |
| May 28, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44848 (portainer). Public exploit reference added. |
| May 28, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: GitHub_M) |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| portainer | portainer | — | >= 2.33.0, < 2.33.8 | — |
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