SCA: security update for prefect (GHSA-6rcx-55r6-jx65)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 442341

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- A vulnerability was found in PrefectHQ prefect up to 3.6.25.dev6. Affected by this issue is some unknown
functionality of the file src/prefect/runner/storage.py of the component GitRepository Pull Handler. The
manipulation of the argument commit_sha/directories results in argument injection. It is possible to
launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. Upgrading to version
3.6.25.dev7 can resolve this issue. The patch is identified as 6a9d9918716ce4ee0297b69f3046f7067ef1faae.
It is advisable to upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very
professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product. (CVE-2026-7725)

Solution

Update the prefect library and its related packages to version 3.6.25.dev7 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6rcx-55r6-jx65

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 442341

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/25/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-7725

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 2.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-7725

cwe: CWE-74