CVE-2026-5366
Git Argument Injection in prefecthq/prefect
Vexday Risk Score
48Attention
SSVC decision (CISA)
Attend
PoC available → attend closely
CVSS 9.9EPSS 0.6%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
20 Jun 2026Published on NVD
27 Jun 2026Public PoC
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
prefecthq · prefecthq/prefectpublic PoCs found — 1
githubgithub.com/renat0z3r0/prefect-cve-2026-5366★ 0⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
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