CVE-2026-45426 Apache Airflow: Log server JWT authorization bypass via Python lstrip() character stripping allows cross-Dag log access

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...

CVE-2026-45426 Apache Airflow: Log server JWT authorization bypass via Python lstrip() character stripping allows cross-Dag log access

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...

Airflow externalLogUrl Permission Bypass

1. Summary The externalLogUrl endpoint in Airflow’s FastAPI enforces only the weaker Task Instance access permission TASKINSTANCE instead of the intended Task Logs permission TASKLOGS. As a result, low-privileged users who are not authorized to view task logs can still obtain external log access...