Authorization bypass in Apache Airflow Microsoft Azure provider
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- 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. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
The Azure Key Vault secrets backend in Apache Airflow's Microsoft Azure provider resolved a team-scoped Connection or Variable id through the team-agnostic lookup when the team-scoped lookup missed. In a deployment running multi-team mode with this backend, a caller in one team could resolve a secret belonging to another team by supplying an id that spells out that team's namespace, obtaining its credentials in full. No unusual configuration is required beyond enabling multi-team mode and using this backend. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow-providers-microsoft-azure 14.1.0 or later, which refuses the team-agnostic fall-through for an id that could name a team namespace.
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 Microsoft Azure provider (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 14.1.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68870
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6hj8-q7v2-996c
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-68870 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-68870 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6hj8-q7v2-996c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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