Information disclosure in Apache Airflow
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
A bug in Apache Airflow's `/ui/dependencies` scheduling graph endpoint applied the caller's readable-Dag filter to the top-level serialized Dag key but still emitted referenced Dag IDs through the `dep.source` and `dep.target` fields of trigger / sensor dependency entries. An authenticated UI user with read permission on some Dags could enumerate the identifiers of other Dags they were not authorized to read by inspecting the dependency graph for trigger / sensor references. Affects deployments that rely on per-Dag read scoping to keep Dag identifiers private across teams. This is a residual gap in the fix for CVE-2026-28563, which filtered the top-level Dag key but did not propagate the filter into the trigger / sensor dep-source / dep-target fields. Users who already upgraded for CVE-2026-28563 should additionally upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.3.0 or later to cover the residual trigger / sensor dependency leak.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 3.0.0
- Fix · CNA Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 3.3.0
- Fix · GHSA-3322-mjxh-9mp5 apache-airflow (PyPI) Fixed in 3.3.0 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Apache Airflow 3.3.0
6 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 5 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-25681 Apache Airflow: DAG author RCE on webserver via unrestricted import_string() in BaseSerialization.deserialize()Priority MEDIUM 52
- TI-2026-36637 Apache Airflow: Task-instance API exposes secrets in deferred trigger kwargsPriority LOW 30
- TI-2026-36482 Apache Airflow: Per-DAG read bypass discloses co-located DAGs' source via GET /api/v2/dagSources/{dag_id}Priority LOW 30
- Release ·
Apache Airflow 3.0.0
5 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-25681 Apache Airflow: DAG author RCE on webserver via unrestricted import_string() in BaseSerialization.deserialize()Priority MEDIUM 52
- TI-2026-36637 Apache Airflow: Task-instance API exposes secrets in deferred trigger kwargsPriority LOW 30
- TI-2026-36154 Apache Airflow: Config API leaks per-key secrets backend kwargs - masker bypass on synthetic optionsPriority LOW 30
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48891
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3322-mjxh-9mp5
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-11-03 Fix available: [email protected], [email protected] · CNA
References
Advisory 3
More Apache Airflow vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-10905 Missing authentication in Apache Airflow KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-09638 OS command injection in Apache Airflow KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-19017 Apache Airflow <2.4.0 has an RCE in a bash example CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-16140 Apache Airflow: Variable Import endpoint missed authentication check CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-08169 Apache Airflow: RCE in example DAGs CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-26776 Apache Airflow: DAG Author Code Execution possibility in airflow-scheduler CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-48891 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-48891 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3322-mjxh-9mp5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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