Portainer Community Edition is a lightweight service delivery platform for containerized applications that can be used to manage Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes and ACI environments. In versions 2.39.0 through 2.39.3 and 2.40.0 until 2.43.0, unauthenticated restore and administrator initialization endpoints (/api/restore and /api/users/admin/init) remain accessible during the five-minute setup window for uninitialized instances, allowing a network attacker to restore a crafted backup or create the first administrator account and gain full administrative access. This issue is fixed in versions 2.39.4 and 2.43.0.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://github.com/portainer/portainer/commit/49f19107cf9a3540cbe406c9eb7f24390e1af02b | Patch |
| https://github.com/portainer/portainer/commit/d2b56efcb4e43c4168bb6688eee9f6bf22867312 | Patch |
| https://github.com/portainer/portainer/issues/2770 | Issue Tracking |
| https://github.com/portainer/portainer/releases/tag/2.39.4 | Release Notes |
| https://github.com/portainer/portainer/releases/tag/2.43.0 | Release Notes |
| https://github.com/portainer/portainer/security/advisories/GHSA-x626-fcwx-f5pc | Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
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History
10 Jul 2026, 17:48
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| First Time |
Portainer portainer
Portainer |
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| References | () https://github.com/portainer/portainer/commit/49f19107cf9a3540cbe406c9eb7f24390e1af02b - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/portainer/portainer/commit/d2b56efcb4e43c4168bb6688eee9f6bf22867312 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/portainer/portainer/issues/2770 - Issue Tracking | |
| References | () https://github.com/portainer/portainer/releases/tag/2.39.4 - Release Notes | |
| References | () https://github.com/portainer/portainer/releases/tag/2.43.0 - Release Notes | |
| References | () https://github.com/portainer/portainer/security/advisories/GHSA-x626-fcwx-f5pc - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:portainer:portainer:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.9 |
08 Jul 2026, 16:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-07-08 16:16
Updated : 2026-07-10 17:48
NVD link : CVE-2026-55761
Mitre link : CVE-2026-55761
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-55761
JSON object : View
Products Affected
portainer
- portainer
CWE
