PT-2026-45384 · Apache · Apache Airflow

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CVE-2026-49298

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Published

2026-06-01

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Updated

2026-07-13

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Airflow versions prior to 3.2.2
Description A bug in the KubernetesExecutor causes JSON Web Tokens (JWT), used by worker pods to authenticate against the Execution API, to be passed to the worker container as command-line arguments. These tokens are visible in the pod specification. An authenticated UI or API user with read-only Kubernetes access to the cluster, such as the pods/get permission in the Airflow namespace, can retrieve the JWT via the kubectl describe pod output. This allows the user to call state-mutating Execution API endpoints to trigger DAG runs, clear runs, or read and write Variables, Connections, and XComs, effectively impersonating a running task.
Recommendations Upgrade to version 3.2.2 or later.

Exploit

Fix

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

BIT-AIRFLOW-2026-49298
CVE-2026-49298
ECHO-D5B1-8A54-BB7B
GHSA-5J6P-JRRM-6X94
PYSEC-2026-2358

Affected Products

Apache Airflow