CVE-2026-68076
Description
Apache Airflow's environment-variable secrets backend resolved a team-scoped Connection or Variable from the wrong team's scope. The guard meant to prevent this only ran when no team scope was supplied, and its pattern could not match a team name containing an underscore, which team names are allowed to contain. When the guard did not apply, the lookup fell through to an unconditional global read that resolved the stored AIRFLOW_CONN_____ variable regardless of which team asked. In multi-team mode an authenticated user of one team could therefore have POST /api/v2/connections/test resolve another team's Connection and authenticate outward with that team's credentials; the endpoint uses the credentials rather than returning them. Exploitation requires [core] multi_team enabled, [core] test_connection set to Enabled (it ships Disabled), team-scoped secrets provisioned as environment variables in the API-server process, and knowledge of the encoded identifier. Redirecting the test at an attacker-controlled host is separately blocked. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later.
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References
5- github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70736nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70902nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/12/11nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.apache.org/thread/v4mc51dgmrc1t82mhzsngsgzo2gxsf2lnvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
- github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70886nvd
News mentions
1- Apache Projects Hit by 25 Vulnerabilities in Coordinated August 2026 DisclosureVypr Intelligence · Aug 15, 2026