CVE-2026-68971: Apache Airflow missing team context permits cross-team Dag actions and XCom reads
(updated )
Apache Airflow’s asset materialization endpoint (POST /api/v2/assets/{asset_id}/materialize) and the XCom result check on wait_dag_run_until_finished authorized the target Dag without its team, unlike every other authorization site. A team-aware auth manager distinguishes a team-scoped Dag from a global one by that field – the Keycloak auth manager, for example, checks the DAG resource instead of DAG:<team> – so the team-scoped permission that should gate the request was never consulted. In a deployment running multi-team mode with a team-aware auth manager, an authenticated user in one team could trigger Dag runs belonging to another team, supplying their own dag_run_id and conf, and could read another team’s XCom values. Deployments using the FAB auth manager are unaffected, as it has no multi-team support. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later, which resolves the Dag’s team at both sites.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-5247-m8w9-2v4m
- github.com/apache/airflow/commit/0940c4b66c270d929e9f59914c65e15bd4734680
- github.com/apache/airflow/commit/f81459835adb111e57b2a87f586d856395660f8a
- github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70893
- github.com/apache/airflow/releases/tag/3.3.1
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2026-3994.yaml
- lists.apache.org/thread/kfxqqwgojdjdnt6bxg3ord4y41y334fo
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68971
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