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TI-2026-53293 Aliases CVE-2026-76186GHSA-xhp3-rrf4-c8rv

Apache Airflow Keycloak provider: Keycloak token cookies not bound to Airflow session identity

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-565Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Apache Airflow Keycloak provider: from Airflow 3.3 the Keycloak auth manager takes a user's identity from the signed Airflow session token but takes the Keycloak access and refresh tokens used for every authorization decision from separate, unauthenticated cookies, and never checks that the two describe the same subject. A user who holds any valid Airflow login of their own, together with another subject's Keycloak access or refresh token obtained out of band, can pair the two: Airflow then authorizes requests with the foreign token's privileges while the session identity, audit log and cache keys continue to name the attacker's own account. The refresh path re-issues an Airflow session token for the original identity carrying the foreign tokens, so the mismatched pairing survives across sessions. Affects deployments running Airflow 3.3 or later with the Keycloak auth manager. Earlier versions carried the Keycloak tokens inside the signed session token, so the binding existed and was lost when they moved into separate cookies. Users of apache-airflow-providers-keycloak are recommended to upgrade to version 0.10.0 or later, which binds the cookie-supplied tokens to the session identity.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00811 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache Airflow Keycloak provider (Apache Software Foundation): 0.10.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ApacheApache Airflow Keycloak providerbefore 0.10.00.10.0Patch availableCNA
  • Apache Airflow Keycloak provider VendorApache Affected before 0.10.0 Fixed in 0.10.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:apache-airflow-providers-keycloak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.10.0VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:apache-airflow-providers-keycloak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.10.0 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Apache Airflow Keycloak provider (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 0.10.0

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    Apache Airflow Keycloak provider — lists.apache.org/thread/5cqh5ojl3718ogb0q1dcd9vdr47z7gp3

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-53294 Apache Airflow Keycloak provider: Any realm client's credentials mint an Airflow session JWTPriority MEDIUM 51

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-76186
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xhp3-rrf4-c8rv

References

  • TI-2026-53294 Apache Airflow Keycloak provider: Any realm client's credentials mint an Airflow session JWT CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-29599 Apache Airflow Providers Keycloak: OAuth Login CSRF — Missing State Parameter in Keycloak Auth Manager CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources