CVE-2026-41084: Apache Airflow: API authorization bypass: bulk TaskInstances allows cross-DAG mutation
This Apache advisory covers CVE-2026-41084 in Apache Airflow.
- CVE-2026-41084
Key facts
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N· base score 7.5, scored by CISA-ADPAttack vector: network. Attack complexity: low. Privileges required: none. User interaction: none. Scope: unchanged. Confidentiality impact: none. Integrity impact: high. Availability impact: none.- Weakness
- CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none observed. Automatable: yes. Technical impact: partial. CISA, .
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Affected
- Apache Airflow 3.2.0 before 3.2.2
- Fixed in
- 3.2.2
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
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Affected products & platforms
Description
A bug in Apache Airflow's bulk Task Instances API (`PATCH/DELETE /api/v2/dags/{dag_id}/dagRuns/{dag_run_id}/taskInstances`) evaluated authorization against the `dag_id` resolved from the URL path while operating on the `dag_id` / `dag_run_id` extracted from request-body entity fields.
An authenticated UI/API user with edit permission on one Dag could mutate Task Instance state in any other Dag by keeping the authorized Dag's ID in the URL path and naming the target Dag's IDs in the request body entities. Affects deployments that rely on per-Dag edit-scope to keep Task Instance state isolated between teams.
Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later.
Text from the source record.
- Apache Airflow 3.2.0 before 3.2.2
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How to fix CVE-2026-41084
Upgrade to a fixed release named by Apache:
- 3.2.2
Vendor guidance
- A bug in Apache Airflow's bulk Task Instances API (`PATCH/DELETE /api/v2/dags/{dag_id}/dagRuns/{dag_run_id}/taskInstances`) evaluated authorization against the `dag_id` resolved from the URL path while operating on the `dag_id` / `dag_run_id` extracted from request-body entity fields.
- Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later.
Support dates for the fixed release lines
- Apache Airflow 3.2: support ended
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