CVE-2026-3515
Argument Injection in prefecthq/prefect
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.5 High
- Published
- May 24, 2026
- Updated
- May 26, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 4, 2026
Description
A vulnerability in the `GitHubRepository` block of the `prefect-github` integration in Prefect version 3.6.18 allows an attacker to inject arbitrary git command-line options via the `reference` field. The `reference` field is concatenated directly into a `git clone` command string without proper sanitization, and then parsed by `shlex.split()`. This enables injection of options such as `-c`, leading to potential Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), credential theft, or remote code execution (RCE). The vulnerability affects both the `aget_directory()` and `get_directory()` methods in `src/integrations/prefect-github/prefect_github/repository.py`. This issue does not affect the GitLab and BitBucket integrations, which use a safer list-based command construction approach.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 8.5 High | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N | @huntr_ai |
Weaknesses
- CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
prefecthq/prefectprefecthq |
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References
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