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, Portainer's backup restore feature accepts a .tar.gz archive and extracts it to a target directory on the server. The extraction function (ExtractTarGz in api/archive/targz.go) constructed output paths using filepath.Clean(filepath.Join(outputDirPath, header.Name)). This combination does not prevent directory traversal — a tar entry named ../../etc/cron.d/evil resolves to a path outside the extraction root, so a crafted archive can write files to arbitrary locations on the server filesystem. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.33.8.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/portainer/portainer-suite/pull/1875 | Broken Link |
| https://github.com/portainer/portainer/security/advisories/GHSA-m8fg-67j7-cx4v | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
01 Jun 2026, 18:08
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:portainer:portainer:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | |
| First Time |
Portainer
Portainer portainer |
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| References | () https://github.com/portainer/portainer-suite/pull/1875 - Broken Link | |
| References | () https://github.com/portainer/portainer/security/advisories/GHSA-m8fg-67j7-cx4v - Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
28 May 2026, 22:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-05-28 22:16
Updated : 2026-06-01 18:08
NVD link : CVE-2026-44885
Mitre link : CVE-2026-44885
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-44885
JSON object : View
Products Affected
portainer
- portainer
CWE
CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
