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CVE-2026-44885: Portainer has a path traversal in backup archive extraction that allows arbitrary file write

May 14, 2026

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.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-m8fg-67j7-cx4v
  • github.com/portainer/portainer/commit/e02ae6b2fb69668d1cd7d07cb873dfcdd9cf1e42
  • github.com/portainer/portainer/releases/tag/2.33.8
  • github.com/portainer/portainer/security/advisories/GHSA-m8fg-67j7-cx4v
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44885

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2.33.0 before 2.33.8

Fixed versions

  • 2.33.8

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.33.8 or above.

Impact 5.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

go/github.com/portainer/portainer/CVE-2026-44885.yml

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