Kestra: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Authentication Bypass in `AuthenticationFilter`
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This CVE is in the KEV database since Sept. 2, 2026.
Exploit prediction score: 2.1% (2.095% probability within 30 days)
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| Description | Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform. Prior to 1.0.45 and 1.3.21, AuthenticationFilter in Kestra OSS uses request.getPath().endsWith("/configs") to whitelist the public configuration endpoint from Basic Auth. Because the check is a suffix match rather than an exact path match, any API path whose last segment is configs bypasses authentication entirely. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this to create and execute arbitrary workflows without credentials. Because Kestra ships with script execution plugins (plugin-script-shell, plugin-script-python, etc.) enabled by default, this directly results in unauthenticated Remote Code Execution as root inside the Kestra worker container. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.45 and 1.3.21. | |
| Title | Kestra: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Authentication Bypass in `AuthenticationFilter` | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-184 CWE-287 CWE-78 CWE-918 |
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