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Advisory severityCritical9.1Apache Software Foundation

Critical [CVE-2026-86473] Apache Airflow: the Core API logout endpoint revokes only a session token presented as the _token cookie

This critical-severity Apache Software Foundation advisory covers CVE-2026-86473; related products: Apache Airflow.

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Summary

Apache Airflow: the Core API logout endpoint revokes only a session token presented as the _token cookie. When a client logs out presenting its credential as an Authorization bearer header instead, the endpoint returns its normal logout response but revokes nothing, so the token remains valid until it expires.

An attacker who already holds a copy of that token keeps the victim's access after the victim has logged out and believes the session ended; the default token lifetime is 24 hours and is configurable.

Affects API clients that authenticate with a bearer token rather than the browser session cookie. The attacker must already possess a copy of a valid token; obtaining one is outside the scope of this issue, and no privileges beyond the victim's own are gained.

Users of apache-airflow are recommended to upgrade to apache-airflow version 3.3.2 or later, which fixes the issue.

Affected versions
  • Apache Airflow 3.0.0 before 3.3.2

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Fixed versions
  • 3.3.2

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 15 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • Users of apache-airflow are recommended to upgrade to apache-airflow version 3.3.2 or later, which fixes the issue.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 15 days ago·verify at source

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