HIGHVulnerability

CVE-2026-72538

An argument injection vulnerability in PrefectHQ Prefect through 3.8.2 allows authenticated users to achieve remote code execution via the git_clone pull step branch field. The branch parameter is passed directly to git pull without sanitization, enabling injection of arbitrary git arguments. This represents a distinct code path from the incomplete fix applied for CVE-2026-5366 and allows command execution on the Prefect server.

Properties

severity
HIGH
score
8.8
epss_score
0.00692
cve_id
CVE-2026-72538
vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
published_at
2026-08-11T12:17:39.100
last_modified
2026-09-03T17:51:46.420
epss_percentile
0.50477

Related Entities (3)

ENRICHED_BY (1)

[Source]FIRST EPSS

DESCRIBED_BY (1)

[Source]NVD

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

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