TI-2026-51397 Aliases CVE-2026-73263

Prowler: RCE on Prowler App workers via kubeconfig auth-provider cmd-path

MEDIUM 44CWE-78Published 2026-08-12 · Updated 2026-08-12

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

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_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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0065 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed prowler (prowler-cloud): 5.36.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
prowler-cloud	prowler	before 5.36.0	5.36.0	Patch available	CNA

prowler Vendorprowler-cloud Affected before 5.36.0 Fixed in 5.36.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Fix · CNA prowler (prowler-cloud) Fixed in 5.36.0

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-73263
2026-10-16 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Other 4

TI-2026-51398 Prowler: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Lighthouse Provider CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
TI-2026-51396 Prowler: Stored XSS in HTML reports through unescaped cloud resource tags CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

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