What is CVE-2026-58138?
Orkes Conductor 3.21.21 before 3.30.2 contains an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by submitting inline workflow definitions containing malicious JavaScript or Python expressions to the workflow API endpoint prior to authentication. Attackers can exploit unsandboxed GraalVM evaluators configured with HostAccess.ALL or allowAllAccess(true) through INLINE, LAMBDA, DO_WHILE, and SWITCH task types to invoke arbitrary system commands via Java reflection or direct subprocess calls.
Timeline
- 2026-06-30Published to the U.S. National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
- 2026-09-20First covered in a defend.network daily briefing
- 2026-10-25NVD record last updated
Affected product
See advisory
Remediation Steps
- Apply the vendor security update for Orkes Conductor as a priority.
- Restrict network exposure of the affected service to trusted sources until patched.
- Review logs and detections for indicators of exploitation.
- Confirm fixed versions against the official vendor advisory before deploying.
References
Referenced in our briefings & reports
- Vulnerability Priority Report – Week 3 of September 2026 (September 21 – 27)
- Vulnerability Priority Report – Week 2 of September 2026 (September 14 – 20)
- OpenAI Codex sandbox escapes, North Korean WaterPlum targets 30K devices globally (2026-09-21)
- Orkes Conductor RCE exploited; SolarWinds ARM patched; Linux kernel vulnerabilities added to CISA KEV (2026-09-20)
Related vulnerabilities
- CVE-2026-0322 – Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS (same weakness: CWE-94)
- CVE-2026-18885 (same weakness: CWE-94)
- CVE-2026-6876 (same weakness: CWE-94)
- CVE-2026-60004 – Gitea (same weakness: CWE-94)
- CVE-2026-72530 – TrueConf Server (same weakness: CWE-94)
- CVE-2026-19478 – Gitlab (same weakness: CWE-94)
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