CVE-2026-59242 Apache Airflow: Arbitrary airflow.* class instantiation on the API server via the XCom deserialize endpoint

Apache Airflow's XCom GET /api/v2/.../xcomEntries/key?deserialize=true endpoint passed a string-literal payload through BaseXCom.deserializevalue without the checkforbiddenxcomkeys guard, allowing an authenticated API user with XCom write-and-read access to instantiate arbitrary airflow. classes ...

CVE-2026-59242 Apache Airflow: Arbitrary airflow.* class instantiation on the API server via the XCom deserialize endpoint

Apache Airflow's XCom GET /api/v2/.../xcomEntries/key?deserialize=true endpoint passed a string-literal payload through BaseXCom.deserializevalue without the checkforbiddenxcomkeys guard, allowing an authenticated API user with XCom write-and-read access to instantiate arbitrary airflow. classes ...

CVE-2026-68971 Apache Airflow: Cross-team authorization bypass in the asset materialization and dag-run result endpoints

Apache Airflow's asset materialization endpoint POST /api/v2/assets/assetid/materialize and the XCom result check on waitdagrununtilfinished 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 o...

CVE-2026-68971 Apache Airflow: Cross-team authorization bypass in the asset materialization and dag-run result endpoints

Apache Airflow's asset materialization endpoint POST /api/v2/assets/assetid/materialize and the XCom result check on waitdagrununtilfinished 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 o...

CVE-2026-68971

Apache Airflow is vulnerable to a cross-team authorization bypass in the asset materialization endpoint (POST /api/v2/assets/{asset_id}/materialize) and the XCom result check on wait_dag_run_until_finished. The root cause is that these specific sites authorize the target Dag without considering i...

CVE-2026-68971 Apache Airflow: Cross-team authorization bypass in the asset materialization and dag-run result endpoints

Apache Airflow's asset materialization endpoint POST /api/v2/assets/assetid/materialize and the XCom result check on waitdagrununtilfinished 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 o...

CVE-2026-68971

Apache Airflow's asset materialization endpoint POST /api/v2/assets/assetid/materialize and the XCom result check on waitdagrununtilfinished 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 o...

PT-2026-102298

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...

PT-2026-71140

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Airflow versions prior to 3.3.1 Description An authenticated API user with XCom write-and-read access can instantiate arbitrary airflow. classes on the API server. This occurs because the GET /api/v2/.../xcomEntries/key?deserialize=true...

CVE-2026-68971: Missing Authorization

Apache Airflow's asset materialization endpoint POST /api/v2/assets/assetid/materialize and the XCom result check on waitdagrununtilfinished 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 o...

PT-2026-105481

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...

PT-2026-105506

Apache Airflow's XCom GET /api/v2/.../xcomEntries/key?deserialize=true endpoint passed a string-literal payload through BaseXCom.deserialize value without the check forbidden xcom keys guard, allowing an authenticated API user with XCom write-and-read access to instantiate arbitrary airflow...

PYSEC-2026-2359 Apache Airflow allows code execution through crafted XCom payloads

Dag Authors, who normally should not be able to execute code in the webserver context could craft XCom payload causing the webserver to execute arbitrary code. Since Dag Authors are already highly trusted, severity of this issue is Low. Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.2.0,...

Apache Airflow: RCE by race condition in example_xcom dag

The example examplexcomthat was included in airflow documentation implemented unsafe pattern of reading valuefrom xcom in the way that could be exploited to allow UI user who had access to modify XComs to perform arbitraryexecution of code on the worker. Since the UI users are already highly...

PYSEC-2026-2353 Apache Airflow: RCE by race condition in example_xcom dag

The example examplexcom that was included in airflow documentation implemented unsafe pattern of reading value from xcom in the way that could be exploited to allow UI user who had access to modify XComs to perform arbitrary execution of code on the worker. Since the UI users are already highly...

PT-2026-59039

Dag Authors, who normally should not be able to execute code in the webserver context could craft XCom payload causing the webserver to execute arbitrary code. Since Dag Authors are already highly trusted, severity of this issue is Low. Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.2.0,...

PYSEC-2026-1143 Apache Airflow CNCF Kubernetes Provider: KubernetesPodOperator RCE via connection configuration

Arbitrary code execution in Apache Airflow CNCF Kubernetes provider version 5.0.0 allows user to change xcom sidecar image and resources via Airflow connection. In order to exploit this weakness, a user would already need elevated permissions Op or Admin to change the connection object in this...

CVE-2026-34538

Apache Airflow versions 3.0.0 through 3.1.8 DagRun wait endpoint returns XCom result values even to users who only have DAG Run read permissions, such as the Viewer role.This behavior conflicts with the FAB RBAC model, which treats XCom as a separate protected resource, and with the security mode...

CVE-2026-33858

Dag Authors, who normally should not be able to execute code in the webserver context could craft XCom payload causing the webserver to execute arbitrary code. Since Dag Authors are already highly trusted, severity of this issue is Low. Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.2.0,...

BIT-AIRFLOW-2026-42359 Apache Airflow: Authenticated RCE via XCom PATCH endpoint — XComUpdateBody missing FORBIDDEN_XCOM_KEYS validator

A bug in Apache Airflow's XCom PATCH endpoint PATCH /api/v2/xcomEntries/key allowed an authenticated UI/API user with XCom write permission on a Dag to set XCom entries under reserved key names e.g. returnvalue that the matching POST endpoint already validated against FORBIDDENXCOMKEYS. The...