CVE-2026-33590
8.5
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P
Summary
Insecure default settings of Portainer CE grant regular (non-admin) users privileges that allow host filesystem access and host-level code execution. An authenticated non-administrative user with endpoint access can exploit these settings to read host files or obtain root equivalent
access on the host.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portainer | Portainer Community Edition | 0 < 2.39.0 | affected |
| Portainer | Portainer Community Edition | 0 < 2.38.0 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-276: CWE-276 Incorrect default permissions
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
CVE Program Container
Additional References
References
- https://intwave.com/blog/2026/02/26/improving-portainer-security.html
- https://github.com/portainer/portainer/commit/ac8fa7672e732b44b970c9eaf928eddd2c68796c
- https://github.com/portainer/portainer/commit/3e2fdb1891e81a8e4c5c8beb60e45f07c8ecae52
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