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CVE-2026-7722: PrefectHQ prefect Health Check API health endswith improper authentication

Description

A vulnerability was detected in PrefectHQ prefect up to 3.6.21. This impacts the function endswith of the file /api/health of the component Health Check API. Performing a manipulation results in improper authentication. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.6.22 will fix this issue. The patch is named e21617125335025b4b27e7d6f0ca028e8e8f3b79. Upgrading the affected component is recommended. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.

Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C · CWE-287

Tracked companies

Prefect

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Status incidents that name it

No tracked status incident names this CVE.

Affected vendors and products

PrefectHQ: prefect

References

• CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
• NVD entry (opens in new tab)
• gist.github.com/nedlir/f576abbb0e491dc9bb7e106c140dda04 (opens in new tab)
• github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/ (opens in new tab)
• github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/commit/e21617125335025b4b27e7d6f0ca028e8e8f3b79 (opens in new tab)
• github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/pull/21063 (opens in new tab)
• github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.6.22 (opens in new tab)
• vuldb.com/submit/807255 (opens in new tab)
• vuldb.com/vuln/360898 (opens in new tab)
• vuldb.com/vuln/360898/cti (opens in new tab)

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• Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
• EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)