CVE-2026-49984: Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform. Prior to 1.0.45 and 1.3.23, the local internal-storage backend validates user-supplied paths for .. traversal before
Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform. Prior to 1.0.45 and 1.3.23, the local internal-storage backend validates user-supplied paths for .. traversal before it converts Windows-style backslashes to forward slashes. An attacker can therefore smuggle a traversal sequence past the guard using backslashes (..\..\..\); the guard sees a harmless string, and the path is only rewritten to ../../../ after validation, immediately before the file is opened. Any authenticated user who can view an execution (the lowest-privilege role) can call GET /api/v1/{tenant}/executions/{executionId}/file?path=… and read any file on the server filesystem readable by the Kestra process, outside the storage sandbox and across every tenant and namespace. This includes the embedded H2 database (all flows, all users, all stored secrets), internal storage of every other tenant/namespace, mounted secret files, and the process environment (/proc/self/environ) which contains configured database and secret-backend credentials. It is a complete breach of Kestra's storage isolation and multi-tenancy boundary. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.45 and 1.3.23.
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49984
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-499840.39% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 31% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-49984 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Kestra is an
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- highCVE-2026-55069: Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform. Prior to 1.3.24, this vulnerabi…nvd · 2026-06-26
- mediumCVE-2026-53577: Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform. Prior to 1.0.45 and 1.3.21, the…nvd · 2026-06-26
- criticalCVE-2026-53576: Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform. Prior to 1.0.45 and 1.3.21, the…nvd · 2026-06-26
- criticalCVE-2026-49869: Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform. Prior to 1.0.45 and 1.3.21, Aut…nvd · 2026-06-26
- highCVE-2026-45807: Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform. Prior to 1.0.43 and 1.3.19, sev…nvd · 2026-06-26
More from NVD Recent CVEs
- unknownCVE-2026-57828: The Joomla extension Phoca Downloads is vulnerable to an authenticated arbitrary file upload t…2026-07-11
- unknownCVE-2026-57827: The Joomla extension RSFiles is vulnerable to an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload that al…2026-07-11
- highCVE-2026-1359: The Genolve – AI image AI video generation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized m…2026-07-11
- highCVE-2026-9282: The W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up…2026-07-11
- mediumCVE-2026-9017: The NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to autho…2026-07-11