CVE-2026-7722PrefectHQ prefect Health Check API health endswith improper authentication
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.45%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 60% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
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References tagged exploit1 reference
Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium6.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | 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 |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 60% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
- affected 3.6.0
- affected 3.6.1
- affected 3.6.2
- affected 3.6.3
- affected 3.6.4
- affected 3.6.5
- affected 3.6.6
- affected 3.6.7
- affected 3.6.8
- affected 3.6.9
- affected 3.6.10
- affected 3.6.11
- affected 3.6.12
- affected 3.6.13
- affected 3.6.14
- affected 3.6.15
- affected 3.6.16
- affected 3.6.17
- affected 3.6.18
- affected 3.6.19
- affected 3.6.20
- affected 3.6.21
- unaffected 3.6.22
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIprefectGHSA-6rr6-v7cj-mxpg (opens in a new tab)
References
References8
- VDB-360898 | PrefectHQ prefect Health Check API health endswith improper authentication (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-360898 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #807255 | PrefectHQ Perfect <=3.6.21 Improper Authentication (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://gist.github.com/nedlir/f576abbb0e491dc9bb7e106c140dda04 (opens in a new tab)exploit
- https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/pull/21063 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingpatch
- https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/commit/e21617125335025b4b27e7d6f0ca028e8e8f3b79 (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.6.22 (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/ (opens in a new tab)product
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-26875 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6rr6-v7cj-mxpg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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