Vulnerability · Published Aug 11, 2026 · Assigned by TuranSec

CVE-2026-72533Portainer Portainer CE - Authentication Bypass

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity improper authentication in Portainer CE from Portainer. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Portainer	Portainer CE	0 – through 2.44.0

Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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