Apache Airflow: Per-DAG read bypass discloses co-located DAGs' source via GET /api/v2/dagSources/{dag_id}
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
Before apache-airflow 3.3.0, a user authorized to read one Dag could disclose the source of other Dags co-located in the same source file. `GET /api/v2/dagSources/{dag_id}` — and the equivalent Dag-source view in the UI — returned the entire source file without redacting Dags the caller was not authorized to read, bypassing per-DAG read authorization. Deployments that co-locate multiple Dags in a single file and rely on per-DAG access control to limit source visibility are affected; single-Dag-per-file deployments are not. Upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.0 or later.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache Airflow | 3.0.0 to before 3.3.0 | 3.3.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | apache-airflow (PyPI) | before 3.3.0 | 3.3.0 | Patch available | GHSA-4fh7-7jx4-8f6c |
- Apache Airflow VendorApache Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.3.0 Fixed in 3.3.0 Patch available CNA
- apache-airflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 3.3.0 Fixed in 3.3.0 Patch available GHSA-4fh7-7jx4-8f6c
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 3.3.0
- Fix · GHSA-4fh7-7jx4-8f6c 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-2026-36154 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-2026-49296
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4fh7-7jx4-8f6c
- 2026-11-03 Fix available: [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-2026-49296 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-49296 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4fh7-7jx4-8f6c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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