Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2026-40242

Arcane is an interface for managing Docker containers, images, networks, and volumes.

Published Apr 10, 2026 · catalog updated Sep 17, 2026 · Arcane is an interface

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CVE-2026-40242 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Arcane is an interface against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Arcane is an interface).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.72%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe getarcane/arcane · vendor getarcane arcane

Arcane is an interface for managing Docker containers, images, networks, and volumes. Prior to 1.17.3, the /api/templates/fetch endpoint accepts a caller-supplied url parameter and performs a server-side HTTP GET request to that URL without authentication and without URL scheme or host validation. The server's response is returned directly to the caller. type. This constitutes an unauthenticated SSRF vulnerability affecting any publicly reachable Arcane instance. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.17.3.

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  • cpe getarcane/arcaneversion unspecified
  • vendor getarcane arcaneversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-40242

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2026-40242 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Arcane is an interface against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). EPSS 0.72%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 10, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Arcane is an interface for managing Docker containers, images, networks, and volumes. Prior to 1.17.3, the /api/templates/fetch endpoint accepts a caller-supplied url parameter and performs a server-side HTTP GET request to that URL without authentication and without URL scheme or host validation. The server's response is returned directly to the caller. type. This constitutes an unauthenticated S

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Arcane is an interface for managing Docker containers, images, networks, and volumes. Prior to 1.17.3, the /api/templates/fetch endpoint accepts a caller-supplied url parameter and performs a server-side HTTP GET request to that URL without authentication and without URL scheme or host validation. The server's response is returned directly to the caller. type. This constitutes an unauthenticated S

  3. Sep 17, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Sep 17, 2026 · VulnCheck KEV

    Updated

    Arcane is an interface for managing Docker containers, images, networks, and volumes. Prior to 1.17.3, the /api/templates/fetch endpoint accepts a caller-supplied url parameter and performs a server-side HTTP GET request to that URL without authentication and without URL scheme or host validation. The server's response is returned directly to the caller. type. This constitutes an unauthenticated S

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-40242

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-40242

    30-day exploitation probability 0.7%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-40242

    Arcane is an interface for managing Docker containers, images, networks, and volumes. Prior to 1.17.3, the /api/templates/fetch endpoint accepts a caller-supplied url parameter and performs a server-side HTTP GET request to that URL without authentication and without URL scheme o

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2026-40242

    Arcane is an interface for managing Docker containers, images, networks, and volumes. Prior to 1.17.3, the /api/templates/fetch endpoint accepts a caller-supplied url parameter and performs a server-side HTTP GET request to that URL without authentication and without URL scheme o

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.