Unknown [CVE-2026-68971] Apache Airflow: Cross-team authorization bypass in the asset materialization and dag-run result endpoints
This security Apache Software Foundation advisory covers CVE-2026-68971 affecting Apache Airflow.
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Summary
Apache Airflow's asset materialization endpoint (`POST /api/v2/assets/{asset_id}/materialize`) and the XCom result check on `wait_dag_run_until_finished` authorized the target Dag without its team, unlike every other authorization site.
A team-aware auth manager distinguishes a team-scoped Dag from a global one by that field -- the Keycloak auth manager, for example, checks the `DAG` resource instead of `DAG:` -- so the team-scoped permission that should gate the request was never consulted.
In a deployment running multi-team mode with a team-aware auth manager, an authenticated user in one team could trigger Dag runs belonging to another team, supplying their own `dag_run_id` and `conf`, and could read another team's XCom values. Deployments using the FAB auth manager are unaffected, as it has no multi-team support.
Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later, which resolves the Dag's team at both sites.
- Apache Airflow before 3.3.1
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- 3.3.1
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Mitigation checklist
- Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later, which resolves the Dag's team at both sites.
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