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High · 8.5 CVE-2026-3515 EUVD-2026-31563GHSA-cw25-2p92-7f75PYSEC-2026-2957

Argument Injection in prefecthq/prefect

Published May 24, 2026 · Updated May 26, 2026 · Assigned by @huntr_ai

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
prefecthq prefecthq/prefect unspecified – ≤ latest —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI prefect <= 3.6.18 — GHSA-cw25-2p92-7f75

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