CVE-2026-5366

CRITICAL
INFO Priority: 0.10 BB Relevance: 70/100
Published: 2026-06-20 Modified: 2026-10-25 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact Scope Change

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Changed
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

Prefect version 3.6.23 is vulnerable to remote code execution due to improper handling of user-controlled input in the `GitRepository` storage class. The `commit_sha` parameter, which is passed to git commands, lacks validation and does not include a `--` separator to distinguish user input from git flags. This allows attackers to inject arbitrary git flags, such as `--upload-pack`, enabling execution of external programs. Additionally, the `directories` parameter can be exploited to inject git flags during sparse-checkout operations. These vulnerabilities allow any user with deployment creation permissions to execute arbitrary commands on worker machines, compromising shared work pools in multi-tenant environments.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
prefect prefect 3.6.23

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

70 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

9.9 / 10.0 v3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

1.03%
Raw Score 0.010340
Percentile 63.7%
Date 2026-10-28

Intelligence Sources

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