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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2026-33590

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.

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CVEs
CVE-2026-33590
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3 Nov 2026, 16:37 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2026-33590

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 May 2026, 20:16 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2026-33590
Complete source record
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  "id": "651a76bcce5f2314e00b782d53f005f9fe4fec1cd64b3181feeb282c5e3e0f4f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33590",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2026-33590",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-33590",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "aliases": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "3e2fdb1891e81a8e4c5c8beb60e45f07c8ecae52"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "ac8fa7672e732b44b970c9eaf928eddd2c68796c"
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              "database_specific": {
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  },
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "2.0.0",
            "1.20.0",
            "1.11.3",
            "internal-1.6.0",
            "internal-1.5.0",
            "internal-1.4.0",
            "internal-1.3.0",
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            "v0.5"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-33590.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:30.532142602Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/portainer/portainer/commit/3e2fdb1891e81a8e4c5c8beb60e45f07c8ecae52",
        "https://github.com/portainer/portainer/commit/ac8fa7672e732b44b970c9eaf928eddd2c68796c",
        "https://intwave.com/blog/2026/02/26/improving-portainer-security.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2026-33590",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 497486,
  "published_at": "2026-05-28T20:16:23.163+00:00"
}