Description
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.
Problem types
CWE-276 Incorrect default permissions
Product status
Any version before 2.39.0
Any version before 2.38.0
References
intwave.com/.../2026/02/26/improving-portainer-security.html
github.com/...ommit/ac8fa7672e732b44b970c9eaf928eddd2c68796c
github.com/...ommit/3e2fdb1891e81a8e4c5c8beb60e45f07c8ecae52