{"id":"CVE-2026-73263","title":"Prowler is a cloud security platform","summary":"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_au…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-78"],"published":"2026-08-12","updated":"2026-09-09","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-09T20:58:37.713","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73263","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/commit/0b782fcb8c24ece7bd38deede2b8f13d8583e39c","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/pull/12091","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/releases/tag/5.36.0","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/security/advisories/GHSA-ccqh-6cjc-wp4j","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/security/advisories/GHSA-ccqh-6cjc-wp4j","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00352,"epssPercentile":0.2879,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-09T21:22:45.531Z","slug":"CVE-2026-73263","body":"## Overview\n\nProwler 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":55,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":54.5,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}