CVE-2026-49869 PUBLISHED

Kestra: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Authentication Bypass in `AuthenticationFilter`

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 01.06.2026 Published: 26.06.2026 Updated: 26.06.2026

Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform. Prior to 1.0.45 and 1.3.21, AuthenticationFilter in Kestra OSS uses request.getPath().endsWith("/configs") to whitelist the public configuration endpoint from Basic Auth. Because the check is a suffix match rather than an exact path match, any API path whose last segment is configs bypasses authentication entirely. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this to create and execute arbitrary workflows without credentials. Because Kestra ships with script execution plugins (plugin-script-shell, plugin-script-python, etc.) enabled by default, this directly results in unauthenticated Remote Code Execution as root inside the Kestra worker container. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.45 and 1.3.21.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 10

Product Status

Vendor kestra-io
Product kestra
Versions
  • Version < 1.0.45 is affected
  • Version >= 1.1.0, < 1.3.21 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') CWE
  • CWE-184: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs CWE
  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication CWE
  • CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) CWE