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.

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Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Prowler-cloud
Prowler-cloud prowler
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Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Prowler: RCE on Prowler App workers via kubeconfig auth-provider cmd-path
Weaknesses CWE-78
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T15:14:28.454Z

Reserved: 2026-08-11T17:18:01.599Z

Link: CVE-2026-73263

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T15:13:25.671Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-12T15:18:30.943

Modified: 2026-08-12T16:17:21.910

Link: CVE-2026-73263

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T19:00:07Z

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