CVE-2026-45426

Apache Airflow: Log server JWT authorization bypass via Python lstrip() character stripping allows cross-Dag log access

State
Published
Severity
3.1 Low
Published
Jun 1, 2026
Updated
Jun 1, 2026
Reserved
May 12, 2026

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Description

Exploitation requires the attacker to already be an authenticated Airflow worker holding a valid Log-server JWT issued for at least one Dag. Apache Airflow's Log server authorized JWT tokens against Dag IDs by applying Python's `str.lstrip()` to the requested path segment when verifying the JWT's `sub` claim. `str.lstrip()` strips any of a *set* of characters from the left (not a prefix), so a JWT issued for a Dag named e.g. `dag_a` would authorize log access to any other Dag whose name began with any subset of the characters `{d, a, g, _}` (e.g. `dag_attacker`, `aaaa_target`, `_dag_secret`). Such an authenticated worker could enumerate and read worker logs of other Dags whose names happened to share that character-class prefix, leaking task output and error traces beyond the documented per-Dag isolation boundary. Affects deployments relying on per-Dag log-access scoping (multi-team, shared-executor, shared-worker topologies). Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.13.1 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Apache AirflowApache Software Foundation
  • 3.0.0 to before 3.2.2Affected

References

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