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GHSA-588V-59VC-3XH9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-11 12:30 – Updated: 2026-08-11 12:30

Details

An authentication bypass vulnerability in Portainer CE through 2.44.0 allows authenticated low-privileged users to bypass Docker proxy authorization checks via non-canonical URL normalization, defeating all authorization middleware. The proxy endpoint fails to normalize request paths before applying access controls, allowing crafted requests to be interpreted differently by the proxy and the authorization layer. Successful exploitation grants the attacker root-level access to the underlying Docker host.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-72533 (GCVE-0-2026-72533)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-11 11:06 – Updated: 2026-08-11 15:06

Title

Portainer Portainer CE - Authentication Bypass

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-11 15:06 UTC

CWE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Assigner

TuranSec redhat root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/portainer/portainer

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Portainer	Portainer CE	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.44.0 (custom)

Credits

Bobur Abdugafforov (Mahadsec)

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