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CVE-2026-73263: prowler · OS Command Injection

Affects prowlerSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.9 Critical : upgrade to 5.36.0 as a priority.

Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.9Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 51% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 5.36.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 12 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 10 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade prowler and prowler-cloud/prowler to 5.36.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
prowler-cloudprowlerAffected
  • <5.36.0
Fixed in
  • 5.36.0
GitHubprowler-cloud/prowlerpkg:github/prowler-cloud/prowlerOther threatsAffected
  • <5.36.0
Fixed in
  • 5.36.0

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AI-suggested

A patch is available in prowler version 5.36.0 that fixes this vulnerability by properly handling legacy gcp auth-provider configurations and preventing execution of attacker-supplied commands. Users should upgrade to version 5.36.0 or later to remediate this issue. Since this is a cloud service, the vendor manages remediation for the hosted environment; users should verify with the vendor that their environment is updated.

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.

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