CVE 8.7 HIGH

Kestra BasicAuth Password Stored as SHA-512 Enables Offline Brute-Force Attack_CVE-2026-55069

8.7 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

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.

AI Analysis

BasicAuth password stored as SHA-512 enables offline brute-force attack

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-55069
Source GitHub_M
Published Jun 26, 2026 at 20:50

Affected Product

Vendor kestra-io
Product kestra
Version < 1.3.24
Affected Versions kestra-io kestra < 1.3.24

CWE Classification

AI Assessment

AI Score 8.7 / 10
AI Severity High
Vendor Kestra-io
Product Kestra
Version < 1.3.24

References

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