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kestra-io kestra — Kestra BasicAuth Password Stored as SHA-512 Enables Offline Brute-Force Attack
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N H N N C H H N 8.7 .0019 9.5 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
kestra < 1.3.24 – —
TIMELINE
Jun 16 Reserved by GitHub_M
Jun 26 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-55069 (kestra-io kestra). Public exploit reference added.
Jun 26 Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| June 16, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by GitHub_M |
| June 26, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-55069 (kestra-io kestra). Public exploit reference added. |
| June 26, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: GitHub_M) |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| kestra-io | kestra | — | < 1.3.24 | — |
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