CVE-2026-5366 PUBLISHED

Git Argument Injection in prefecthq/prefect

Assigner: @huntr_ai
Reserved: 01.04.2026 Published: 20.06.2026 Updated: 20.06.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.9

Product Status

Vendor prefecthq
Product prefecthq/prefect
Versions
  • affected from unspecified to latest (incl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code CWE