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TI-2026-56525 Aliases CVE-2026-81914GHSA-g995-5p95-2fw6

Apache Airflow Google provider: Google Drive query injection via unescaped file and folder names

Priority LOW 26CWE-943Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

Apache Airflow's Google provider built Google Drive search expressions by interpolating file and folder names directly into single-quoted string literals, without escaping the quote character that delimits them. A name containing an apostrophe therefore terminated the literal early and appended clauses of the attacker's choosing to the query. The names are frequently not written by the Dag author. In a wildcard `gcs_to_gdrive` transfer they come from the source bucket listing, so anyone able to create objects in that bucket controls them — typically an external data producer or an ingest-only service account, a different trust principal from the Dag author. An injected clause can broaden the match and so steer which file or folder the hook resolves: an upload can be directed into a folder the attacker named, and, because downloads select the most recently modified match, a download can return a file they placed rather than the one the Dag asked for. Affects deployments passing externally-sourced names to the Google Drive hook, including wildcard `gcs_to_gdrive` transfers from buckets writable by less-trusted principals. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow-providers-google` `22.6.0` or later, which escapes quote and backslash characters in every value interpolated into a Drive query.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0047 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Apache Airflow Google provider (Apache Software Foundation): 22.6.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

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 Google providerbefore 22.6.022.6.0Patch availableCNA
  • Apache Airflow Google provider VendorApache Affected before 22.6.0 Fixed in 22.6.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:apache-airflow-providers-google:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 22.6.0VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:apache-airflow-providers-google:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 22.6.0 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Apache Airflow Google provider (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 22.6.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-81914
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g995-5p95-2fw6

References

  • TI-2023-10968 Apache Airflow Google Provider: Google Cloud Sql Provider Remote Command Execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-10969 Apache Airflow Google Provider: Google Cloud Sql Provider Denial Of Service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-33152 Apache Airflow Google provider: SSH host key verification disabled in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2026-36483 Path traversal in Apache Airflow Google provider CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2026-48427 Apache Airflow Google provider: google Secret Manager backend: team scope is never… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

Sources