What is CVE-2026-73246?
Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform. Prior to 2.0.0-rc6, Kestra's worker/src/main/java/io/kestra/worker/endpoint/WorkerEndpoint.java serves GET /worker without authentication and serializes the complete live Task object, which can expose commands, environment variables, HTTP headers, connection details, plaintext credentials, and execution identifiers while the main API on port 8080 remains protected. This issue is fixed in 2.0.0-rc6.
The record classifies CVE-2026-73246 under weakness classes CWE-200, CWE-306. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 55 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 7.5 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27.6% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 4.9/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-08-11
Is CVE-2026-73246 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 36 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- kestra-io: kestra
How to fix CVE-2026-73246
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-73246 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-73246
No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-73246, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.