Nuclio: Unauthenticated OS command injection via function namespace in docker ps --filter label (local Docker platform)
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- 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
Nuclio is a "Serverless" framework for Real-Time Events and Data Processing. Prior to version 1.17.4, on the Nuclio local Docker platform, the function namespace is interpolated—unvalidated—into a double-quoted docker ps --filter "label=nuclio.io/namespace=<value>" command that is executed via the host shell (/bin/sh -c). Because the default auth kind is nop (unauthenticated), a remote attacker can inject arbitrary OS commands that run as root inside the dashboard container, which holds the Docker socket → host compromise. This issue has been patched in version 1.17.4.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA nuclio (nuclio) Fixed in 1.17.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-79755
References
More nuclio vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-37941 Nuclio: Unsanitized runtimeAttributes.repositories injected into Groovy build.gradle leads to build-time RCE CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
- TI-2026-33468 Nuclio: Missing authorization on project write paths allows any authenticated user to modify or delete any project CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
- TI-2026-55233 Nuclio: Kaniko build tempDir command injection CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-37940 Nuclio: Unauthenticated path traversal in spec.handler allows arbitrary file write in Dashboard container CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
- TI-2026-55235 Nuclio: Unauthenticated OS command injection via namespace header in list-all resource path on local platform CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-37939 Nuclio: Unsanitized cron trigger event headers/body injected into CronJob shell command leads to persistent RCE CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
Sources
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