Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-55069

Title: Kestra Offline Admin Password Recovery & Privilege Escalation

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-55069.

CWE Category CWE-916
Published Date Jun 26, 2026
Modified Date Jul 01, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.7 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.19%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-55069: Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform. Prior to 1.3.24, this vulnerability exists in the BasicAuth authentication component of the Kestra OSS workflow orchestration platform. An attacker who gains read access to the PostgreSQL database can exploit SHA-512's high computation speed to recover the administrator password offline. In Kubernetes deployments, a successful crack further enables reading of the cluster ServiceAccount Token and all K8s Secrets, achieving vertical privilege escalation. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.24.

Impacted Vendors

K
kestra 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra/security/advisories/GHSA-m727-pcjm-j28h
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-55069 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.