Portainer CE auth bypass in Docker proxy grants host root access

high severity · published 2026-08-11

An authenticated low-privileged user can send crafted requests with non-canonical URL paths that bypass the Docker proxy authorization checks, defeating all authorization middleware. This grants the attacker root-level access to the underlying Docker host.

CVE: CVE-2026-72533

Source: NVD

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