CVE-2026-44848
Portainer CE: non-admins with Docker endpoint access can run privileged Docker plugin ops.
Is CVE-2026-44848 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-44848 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.40% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-44848?
CVE-2026-44848 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.4. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-44848?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-44848. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-44848 affect?
CVE-2026-44848 affects Portainer Community Edition (Docker plugin endpoints), versions <2.33.8, versions <2.39.2, versions <2.41.0. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-44848?
Upgrade to fixed Portainer CE release (>=2.33.8/2.39.2/2.41.0).
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Privilege escalation: non-admin with endpoint access can call privileged Docker plugin actions on the daemon.
Patch when possible
- affected>= 2.33.0 and < 2.33.8
- affected>= 2.39.0 and < 2.39.2
- affected>= 2.40.0 and < 2.41.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.