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Critical severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 17, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026

Apache Airflow SFTP provider: Path traversal in SFTPHook.retrieve_directory allows local file write outside the destination directory via malicious server-supplied directory-entry names

CVE-2026-50203

Description

A path traversal in the SFTP provider (SFTPHook.retrieve_directory / SFTPOperator(operation=get)) let a malicious or compromised remote SFTP server write files outside the configured local destination directory via crafted directory-entry names. No Airflow account is required — the attack surface is any deployment downloading directories from an untrusted SFTP server. Upgrade apache-airflow-providers-sftp to 5.8.1 or later.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
apache-airflow-providers-sftpPyPI
< 5.8.15.8.1

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