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CVE-2026-68076
Apache Airflow: Connections test API: team-scope guard bypass resolves another team's environment Connection
Description

Apache Airflow's environment-variable secrets backend resolved a team-scoped Connection or Variable from the wrong team's scope. The guard meant to prevent this only ran when no team scope was supplied, and its pattern could not match a team name containing an underscore, which team names are allowed to contain. When the guard did not apply, the lookup fell through to an unconditional global read that resolved the stored `AIRFLOW_CONN__<TEAM>___<ID>` variable regardless of which team asked. In multi-team mode an authenticated user of one team could therefore have `POST /api/v2/connections/test` resolve another team's Connection and authenticate outward with that team's credentials; the endpoint uses the credentials rather than returning them. Exploitation requires `[core] multi_team` enabled, `[core] test_connection` set to `Enabled` (it ships `Disabled`), team-scoped secrets provisioned as environment variables in the API-server process, and knowledge of the encoded identifier. Redirecting the test at an attacker-controlled host is separately blocked. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later.

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Published Date :

Aug. 12, 2026, 4:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 12, 2026, 4:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

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Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-68076 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apache airflow
Solution
Upgrade Apache Airflow to 3.3.1 or later to fix improper access control.
  • Upgrade Apache Airflow to version 3.3.1 or later.
  • Apply team-scoped secrets configuration correctly.
  • Ensure the `multi_team` and `test_connection` settings are reviewed.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70736
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70902
https://lists.apache.org/thread/v4mc51dgmrc1t82mhzsngsgzo2gxsf2l
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'vendor': 'Apache Software Foundation', 'product': 'Apache Airflow', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '0', 'lessThan': '3.3.1', 'versionType': 'semver'}], 'packageName': 'apache-airflow', 'collectionURL': 'https://pypi.python.org', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}]
    Added Description Apache Airflow's environment-variable secrets backend resolved a team-scoped Connection or Variable from the wrong team's scope. The guard meant to prevent this only ran when no team scope was supplied, and its pattern could not match a team name containing an underscore, which team names are allowed to contain. When the guard did not apply, the lookup fell through to an unconditional global read that resolved the stored `AIRFLOW_CONN__<TEAM>___<ID>` variable regardless of which team asked. In multi-team mode an authenticated user of one team could therefore have `POST /api/v2/connections/test` resolve another team's Connection and authenticate outward with that team's credentials; the endpoint uses the credentials rather than returning them. Exploitation requires `[core] multi_team` enabled, `[core] test_connection` set to `Enabled` (it ships `Disabled`), team-scoped secrets provisioned as environment variables in the API-server process, and knowledge of the encoded identifier. Redirecting the test at an attacker-controlled host is separately blocked. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later.
    Added CWE CWE-639
    Added Reference https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70736
    Added Reference https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70902
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread/v4mc51dgmrc1t82mhzsngsgzo2gxsf2l
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