CVE-2026-44883
Published:May 28, 2026
Updated:June 13, 2026
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, Portainer's authentication middleware accepts JWT bearer tokens passed as the ?token=<JWT> URL query parameter on any authenticated API endpoint, in addition to the standard Authorization: Bearer header. URLs are recorded in reverse-proxy access logs, browser history, and HTTP Referer headers on outbound navigation, so any JWT passed this way can be harvested by anyone with access to those logs or by an external site the user subsequently visits. A leaked token grants the full privileges of the user it was issued to, until the token expires (default 8 hours, configurable). The ?token= parameter was used by Portainer's browser-based container attach, exec, and pod shell features, so any user with exec or attach rights on a container was exposed — not only administrators. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.33.8, 2.39.2, and 2.41.0.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/portainer/portainer.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) =2.40.0 <2.41.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.41.0https://github.com/portainer/portainer.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=2.33.0 <2.33.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.33.8https://github.com/portainer/portainer.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=2.39.0 <2.39.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.39.2github.com/portainer/portainer (GO):
Affected version(s) >=2.33.0 <2.33.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.33.8github.com/portainer/portainer (GO):
Affected version(s) >=2.39.0 <2.39.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.39.2github.com/portainer/portainer (GO):
Affected version(s) =2.40.0 <2.41.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.41.0Related Resources (6)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
7.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Use of HTTP Request With Sensitive Query String
EPSS
Base Score:
0.06