Vulnerability Analysis
Portainer: Missing authorization on Docker plugin endpoints allows host RCE
CVE-2026-44848
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.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
9.4
CRITICAL
Exploitability:-
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Temporal Score:-
EPSS:0.33%
Threat Intelligence Signals
CISA KEV
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KEV Date Added
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VulnCheck In-the-Wild
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Nuclei Template
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EPSS Score
0.328%
EPSS Percentile
24.5th pct
GHSA ID
GitHub Severity
CRITICAL
SSVC Exploitation
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SSVC Automatable
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| Exploit DB References | None identified |
Affected Products & Versions
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