PYSEC-2026-3989

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Import Source
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2026-3989.yaml
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/PYSEC-2026-3989
Aliases
Published
2026-09-21T15:17:32Z
Modified
2026-09-26T09:25:59Z
Severity
  • 4.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

When a request to the Airflow core API carries both a session cookie and an explicit Authorization: Bearer token, Airflow resolves the caller from the cookie and ignores the bearer token, inverting the intended precedence of bearer over cookie. The request then executes -- and is recorded in the audit log -- as the cookie's principal rather than the identity the client explicitly presented.

Only Apache Airflow 3.3.0 and 3.3.1 are affected. Earlier releases do not contain the code path that caches the cookie-derived user, and are not vulnerable.

Exploiting this requires an attacker to first place a valid session cookie of their own into the victim's browser or client: for example by cookie tossing from a sibling subdomain, through cross-site scripting in a separate application sharing a parent domain, or via a shared workstation. Deployments that host the Airflow UI on a domain shared with other applications are therefore the most exposed; a deployment on a dedicated domain with no co-hosted applications is not reachable this way. The consequence is principal confusion and misattributed audit records rather than a direct privilege escalation.

Users of 3.3.0 or 3.3.1 should upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.3.2 or later, which resolves the caller from the explicitly supplied credential whenever one is present.

References

Affected packages

PyPI / apache-airflow

Package

Name
apache-airflow
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Purl
pkg:pypi/apache-airflow

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last Affected
3.3.0
Last Affected
3.3.1

Affected versions

1.*
1.8.1
1.8.2rc1
1.8.2
1.9.0
1.10.0
1.10.1b1
1.10.1rc2
1.10.1
1.10.2b2
1.10.2rc1
1.10.2rc2
1.10.2rc3
1.10.2
1.10.3b1
1.10.3b2
1.10.3rc1
1.10.3rc2
1.10.3
1.10.4b2
1.10.4rc1
1.10.4rc2
1.10.4rc3
1.10.4rc4
1.10.4rc5
1.10.4
1.10.5rc1
1.10.5
1.10.6rc1
1.10.6rc2
1.10.6
1.10.7rc1
1.10.7rc2
1.10.7rc3
1.10.7
1.10.8rc1
1.10.8
1.10.9rc1
1.10.9
1.10.10rc1
1.10.10rc2
1.10.10rc3
1.10.10rc4
1.10.10rc5
1.10.10
1.10.11rc1
1.10.11rc2
1.10.11
1.10.12rc1
1.10.12rc2
1.10.12rc3
1.10.12rc4
1.10.12
1.10.13rc1
1.10.13
1.10.14rc1
1.10.14rc2
1.10.14rc3
1.10.14rc4
1.10.14
1.10.15rc1
1.10.15
2.*
2.0.0b1
2.0.0b2
2.0.0b3
2.0.0rc1
2.0.0rc2
2.0.0rc3
2.0.0
2.0.1rc1
2.0.1rc2
2.0.1
2.0.2rc1
2.0.2
2.1.0rc1
2.1.0rc2
2.1.0
2.1.1rc1
2.1.1
2.1.2rc1
2.1.2
2.1.3rc1
2.1.3
2.1.4rc1
2.1.4rc2
2.1.4
2.2.0b1
2.2.0b2
2.2.0rc1
2.2.0
2.2.1rc1
2.2.1rc2
2.2.1
2.2.2rc1
2.2.2rc2
2.2.2
2.2.3rc1
2.2.3rc2
2.2.3
2.2.4rc1
2.2.4
2.2.5rc1
2.2.5rc2
2.2.5rc3
2.2.5
2.3.0b1
2.3.0rc1
2.3.0rc2
2.3.0
2.3.1rc1
2.3.1
2.3.2rc1
2.3.2rc2
2.3.2
2.3.3rc1
2.3.3rc2
2.3.3rc3
2.3.3
2.3.4rc1
2.3.4
2.4.0b1
2.4.0rc1
2.4.0
2.4.1rc1
2.4.1
2.4.2rc1
2.4.2
2.4.3rc1
2.4.3
2.5.0rc1
2.5.0rc2
2.5.0rc3
2.5.0
2.5.1rc1
2.5.1rc2
2.5.1
2.5.2rc1
2.5.2rc2
2.5.2
2.5.3rc1
2.5.3rc2
2.5.3
2.6.0b1
2.6.0rc1
2.6.0rc2
2.6.0rc3
2.6.0rc4
2.6.0rc5
2.6.0
2.6.1rc1
2.6.1rc2
2.6.1rc3
2.6.1
2.6.2rc1
2.6.2rc2
2.6.2
2.6.3rc1
2.6.3
2.7.0b1
2.7.0rc1
2.7.0rc2
2.7.0
2.7.1rc1
2.7.1rc2
2.7.1
2.7.2rc1
2.7.2
2.7.3rc1
2.7.3
2.8.0b1
2.8.0rc1
2.8.0rc2
2.8.0rc3
2.8.0rc4
2.8.0
2.8.1rc1
2.8.1
2.8.2rc1
2.8.2rc2
2.8.2rc3
2.8.2
2.8.3rc1
2.8.3
2.8.4rc1
2.8.4
2.9.0b1
2.9.0b2
2.9.0rc1
2.9.0rc2
2.9.0rc3
2.9.0
2.9.1rc1
2.9.1rc2
2.9.1
2.9.2rc1
2.9.2
2.9.3rc1
2.9.3
2.10.0b1
2.10.0b2
2.10.0rc1
2.10.0
2.10.1rc1
2.10.1
2.10.2rc1
2.10.2
2.10.3rc1
2.10.3rc2
2.10.3
2.10.4rc1
2.10.4
2.10.5rc1
2.10.5
2.11.0rc1
2.11.0
2.11.1rc1
2.11.1rc2
2.11.1
2.11.2rc1
2.11.2
3.*
3.0.0b4
3.0.0rc1
3.0.0rc1.post1
3.0.0rc1.post2
3.0.0rc1.post3
3.0.0rc1.post4
3.0.0rc2
3.0.0rc3
3.0.0rc4
3.0.0
3.0.1rc1
3.0.1
3.0.2rc1
3.0.2rc2
3.0.2
3.0.3rc1
3.0.3rc2
3.0.3rc3
3.0.3rc4
3.0.3rc5
3.0.3rc6
3.0.3
3.0.4rc1
3.0.4rc2
3.0.4
3.0.5rc1
3.0.5rc2
3.0.5rc3
3.0.5
3.0.6rc1
3.0.6rc2
3.0.6
3.1.0b1
3.1.0b2
3.1.0rc1
3.1.0rc2
3.1.0
3.1.1rc1
3.1.1rc2
3.1.1
3.1.2rc1
3.1.2rc2
3.1.2
3.1.3rc1
3.1.3
3.1.4rc1
3.1.4rc2
3.1.4
3.1.5rc1
3.1.5
3.1.6rc1
3.1.6
3.1.7rc1
3.1.7rc2
3.1.7
3.1.8rc1
3.1.8rc2
3.1.8
3.2.0b1
3.2.0b2
3.2.0rc1
3.2.0rc2
3.2.0
3.2.1rc1
3.2.1rc2
3.2.1rc3
3.2.1
3.2.2rc1
3.2.2rc2
3.2.2rc3
3.2.2
3.3.0b1
3.3.0b2
3.3.0rc1
3.3.0rc2
3.3.0
3.3.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2026-3989.yaml"