# CVE-2026-79755: Nuclio: Unauthenticated OS command injection via function namespace in docker ps --filter label (local Docker platform)

- Severity: CVSS 8.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.17.4
- Published: 2026-09-02 · Updated: 2026-09-04

## Affected

- nuclio: fixed in 1.17.4

## Description

Nuclio is a "Serverless" framework for Real-Time Events and Data Processing. Prior to version 1.17.4, on the Nuclio local Docker platform, the function namespace is interpolated—unvalidated—into a double-quoted docker ps --filter "label=nuclio.io/namespace=<value>" command that is executed via the host shell (/bin/sh -c). Because the default auth kind is nop (unauthenticated), a remote attacker can inject arbitrary OS commands that run as root inside the dashboard container, which holds the Docker socket → host compromise. This issue has been patched in version 1.17.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nuclio, upgrade to a fixed version (1.17.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/nuclio/nuclio/security/advisories/GHSA-2893-rq73-w22x
- https://github.com/nuclio/nuclio/pull/4220
- https://github.com/nuclio/nuclio/commit/24582ac354d04951ec6786b3fe6ccf3b32652e9f
- https://github.com/nuclio/nuclio/releases/tag/1.17.4

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