Vulnerability · Published Apr 7, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-5739PowerJob OpenAPI Endpoint addWorkflowNode GroovyEvaluator.evaluate code injection

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity code injection in PowerJob. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 65.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A security flaw has been discovered in PowerJob 5.1.0/5.1.1/5.1.2. The affected element is the function GroovyEvaluator.evaluate of the file /openApi/addWorkflowNode of the component OpenAPI Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument nodeParams results in code injection. The attack can be executed remotely. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Maven	tech.powerjob:powerjob-server-starter	no fix listed	GHSA-wpwf-v25w-54g3

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	PowerJob	5.1.05.1.15.1.2

Weakness: CWE-94, CWE-74 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:R

References

VDB-355747 | PowerJob OpenAPI Endpoint addWorkflowNode GroovyEvaluator.evaluate code injection vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-355747 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
Submit #786936 | PowerJob 5.1.0/5.1.1/5.1.2 Code Injection third-party-advisory
https://github.com/PowerJob/PowerJob/issues/1168 issue-tracking
https://github.com/PowerJob/PowerJob/ product