{"id":"CVE-2026-73263","aliases":["EUVD-2026-57224","GHSA-ccqh-6cjc-wp4j"],"status":"published","title":"Prowler: RCE on Prowler App workers via kubeconfig auth-provider cmd-path","description":"Prowler is a cloud security platform. Prior to 5.36.0, the Kubernetes provider connection test accepted kubeconfig_content containing a legacy gcp auth-provider with config.cmd-path and config.cmd-args because kubeconfig_contains_exec_auth in api/src/backend/api/v1/serializers.py checked only exec blocks, and POST /api/v1/providers/{id}/connection loaded it through config.load_kube_config_from_dict in prowler/providers/kubernetes/kubernetes_provider.py, causing kubernetes-python CommandTokenSource.token to run the attacker-supplied command through subprocess.Popen on the shared worker. This issue is fixed in version 5.36.0.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.0065,"percentile":0.51413,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-78"],"published":"2026-08-12T14:26:48Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:40Z","products":[{"vendor":"prowler-cloud","product":"prowler"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/security/advisories/GHSA-ccqh-6cjc-wp4j","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","exploit","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/pull/12091","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/commit/0b782fcb8c24ece7bd38deede2b8f13d8583e39c","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/releases/tag/5.36.0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/73xxx/CVE-2026-73263.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73263","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-73263","title":"Prowler: RCE on Prowler App workers via kubeconfig auth-provider cmd-path","description":"Prowler is a cloud security platform. 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Prior to 5.36.0, the Kubernetes provider connection test accepted kubeconfig_content containing a legacy gcp auth-provider with config.cmd-path and config.cmd-args because kubeconfig_contains_exec_auth in api/src/backend/api/v1/serializers.py checked only exec blocks, and POST /api/v1/providers/{id}/connection loaded it through config.load_kube_config_from_dict in prowler/providers/kubernetes/kubernetes_provider.py, causing kubernetes-python CommandTokenSource.token to run the attacker-supplied command through subprocess.Popen on the shared worker. This issue is fixed in version 5.36.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-12T14:26:48Z","modified":"2026-08-12T15:14:28Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:01:58.302106Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-73263","description":"Prowler is a cloud security platform. Prior to 5.36.0, the Kubernetes provider connection test accepted kubeconfig_content containing a legacy gcp auth-provider with config.cmd-path and config.cmd-args because kubeconfig_contains_exec_auth in api/src/backend/api/v1/serializers.py checked only exec blocks, and POST /api/v1/providers/{id}/connection loaded it through config.load_kube_config_from_dict in prowler/providers/kubernetes/kubernetes_provider.py, causing kubernetes-python CommandTokenSource.token to run the attacker-supplied command through subprocess.Popen on the shared worker. This issue is fixed in version 5.36.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-12T15:18:30.943Z","modified":"2026-10-24T15:10:00.19Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:36.880938Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-73263","title":"Prowler: RCE on Prowler App workers via kubeconfig auth-provider cmd-path","description":"Prowler is a cloud security platform. 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