diff --git a/decnet/collector/worker.py b/decnet/collector/worker.py
index da548d29..4e04f901 100644
--- a/decnet/collector/worker.py
+++ b/decnet/collector/worker.py
@@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ def parse_rfc5424(line: str) -> Optional[dict[str, Any]]:
     except ValueError:
         ts_formatted = ts_raw
 
+    # Free-form bash PROMPT_COMMAND lines (MSGID=NIL, body starts with
+    # "CMD ") get event_type rewritten to "command". `fields` stays empty
+    # so the frontend's msg-based pill rendering doesn't double up.
+    if event_type == "-" and msg.startswith("CMD "):
+        event_type = "command"
+
     return {
         "timestamp": ts_formatted,
         "decky": decky,
diff --git a/decnet/correlation/parser.py b/decnet/correlation/parser.py
index 9740d490..de771a2f 100644
--- a/decnet/correlation/parser.py
+++ b/decnet/correlation/parser.py
@@ -137,6 +137,18 @@ def parse_line(line: str) -> LogEvent | None:
         msg = tail.group(1).strip() if tail else ""
     attacker_ip = _extract_attacker_ip(fields, msg)
 
+    # Free-form bash PROMPT_COMMAND lines arrive with MSGID=NIL and a body
+    # like `CMD uid=0 user=root src=… pwd=… cmd=<rest of line>`. Without
+    # this rewrite they're invisible to the behavioral profiler, which
+    # filters on event_type ∈ {command, exec, query, …}.
+    if event_type == "-" and msg.startswith("CMD "):
+        event_type = "command"
+        head, sep, cmd_rest = msg[4:].partition("cmd=")
+        for k, v in re.findall(r'(\w+)=(\S+)', head):
+            fields.setdefault(k, v)
+        if sep:
+            fields.setdefault("command", cmd_rest)
+
     # Mutator-emitted transitions arrive on the same ingest stream but
     # belong in the substrate-state index, not the per-IP attacker one.
     kind: EventKind = (
diff --git a/tests/collector/test_collector.py b/tests/collector/test_collector.py
index a1ad8fcd..17004268 100644
--- a/tests/collector/test_collector.py
+++ b/tests/collector/test_collector.py
@@ -209,6 +209,23 @@ class TestParseRfc5424:
         assert result["fields"]["src_ip"] == "1.2.3.4"
         assert result["msg"] == "login attempt"
 
+    def test_bash_prompt_command_normalized_to_command(self):
+        # SSH/telnet decky PROMPT_COMMAND emits free-form `logger -t bash
+        # "CMD …"` with MSGID=NIL. Normalize so the profiler picks it up.
+        # `fields` stays empty — the frontend renders kv pairs from msg.
+        line = (
+            '<14>1 2026-04-28T22:35:58.021674+00:00 dmz-gateway bash - - -  '
+            'CMD uid=0 user=root src=31.56.209.39 pwd=/root '
+            'cmd=echo "rm -rf *.sh" | sh'
+        )
+        result = parse_rfc5424(line)
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result["event_type"] == "command"
+        assert result["attacker_ip"] == "31.56.209.39"
+        assert result["fields"] == {}
+        # cmd payload survives in msg for the dashboard renderer.
+        assert "cmd=echo" in result["msg"]
+
 
 class TestIsServiceContainer:
     def test_known_container_returns_true(self):
diff --git a/tests/correlation/test_correlation.py b/tests/correlation/test_correlation.py
index 5601c6f8..8c4eb84f 100644
--- a/tests/correlation/test_correlation.py
+++ b/tests/correlation/test_correlation.py
@@ -103,6 +103,40 @@ class TestParserBasic:
         assert event.raw == line.strip()
 
 
+class TestParserBashPromptCommand:
+    """
+    Bash PROMPT_COMMAND lines from SSH/telnet decky containers arrive as
+    free-form `logger -t bash "CMD …"` syslog with MSGID=NIL. The parser
+    must rewrite them to event_type=command so the behavioral profiler
+    picks them up.
+    """
+
+    _RAW = (
+        '<14>1 2026-04-28T22:35:58.021674+00:00 dmz-gateway bash - - -  '
+        'CMD uid=0 user=root src=31.56.209.39 pwd=/root '
+        'cmd=echo "history -cw; rm -rf *.sh" | sh'
+    )
+
+    def test_event_type_normalized_to_command(self):
+        event = parse_line(self._RAW)
+        assert event is not None
+        assert event.event_type == "command"
+
+    def test_attacker_ip_extracted(self):
+        event = parse_line(self._RAW)
+        assert event.attacker_ip == "31.56.209.39"
+
+    def test_command_field_captures_full_cmd_with_spaces(self):
+        event = parse_line(self._RAW)
+        assert event.fields["command"] == 'echo "history -cw; rm -rf *.sh" | sh'
+
+    def test_metadata_fields_populated(self):
+        event = parse_line(self._RAW)
+        assert event.fields["uid"] == "0"
+        assert event.fields["user"] == "root"
+        assert event.fields["pwd"] == "/root"
+
+
 class TestParserAttackerIP:
     def test_src_ip_field(self):
         event = parse_line(_make_line(src_ip="10.0.0.1"))