CVE-2026-84731 – Pre-Authentication Admin Bypass and Remote Code Execution in Nutanix Prism Gateway inside AOS

​CVE ID :CVE-2026-84731

Published : Oct. 15, 2026, 6:17 p.m. | 33 minutes ago

Description :An unauthenticated remote attacker can bypass authentication and gain full access to administrative API endpoints in Nutanix Prism Element by including a crafted internal management HTTP header. The vulnerability is caused by a misconfiguration in the application’s authentication filters.

Consequently, the server responds with a Set-Cookie header containing a valid JSESSIONID. This session cookie decodes to a JSON Web Token (JWT) granting maximum cluster administrative privileges. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute root-level commands on all Controller VMs (CVMs) in the cluster, leading to complete cluster destruction and unauthorized access to VM memory and virtual disks.

Severity: 10.0 | HIGH

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