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.
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
Published: 2026-05-28
Updated: 2026-05-29
Base Score: 9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: High
Base Score: 9.4
Vector: 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
Severity: Critical
EPSS: 0.0005