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CVE-2026-5366
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2026-06-20T17:16:26.560 · Last modified 2026-07-01T18:50:25.107

Summary

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.

Affected products

prefect — prefect

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References

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