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CVE-2026-76186
Apache Airflow Keycloak provider: Keycloak token cookies not bound to Airflow session identity
Description

Apache Airflow Keycloak provider: from Airflow 3.3 the Keycloak auth manager takes a user's identity from the signed Airflow session token but takes the Keycloak access and refresh tokens used for every authorization decision from separate, unauthenticated cookies, and never checks that the two describe the same subject. A user who holds any valid Airflow login of their own, together with another subject's Keycloak access or refresh token obtained out of band, can pair the two: Airflow then authorizes requests with the foreign token's privileges while the session identity, audit log and cache keys continue to name the attacker's own account. The refresh path re-issues an Airflow session token for the original identity carrying the foreign tokens, so the mismatched pairing survives across sessions. Affects deployments running Airflow 3.3 or later with the Keycloak auth manager. Earlier versions carried the Keycloak tokens inside the signed session token, so the binding existed and was lost when they moved into separate cookies. Users of apache-airflow-providers-keycloak are recommended to upgrade to version 0.10.0 or later, which binds the cookie-supplied tokens to the session identity.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 16, 2026, 10:16 a.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 16, 2026, 10:16 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

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Affected Products

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Solution
Upgrade the Keycloak provider to bind tokens to session identity, preventing authorization bypass.
  • Upgrade apache-airflow-providers-keycloak to version 0.10.0 or later.
  • Ensure tokens are bound to session identity.
  • Restart Airflow services after upgrade.
  • Verify authentication and authorization.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72207
https://lists.apache.org/thread/5cqh5ojl3718ogb0q1dcd9vdr47z7gp3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/15/8
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2026-76186 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Apache Airflow Keycloak provider: from Airflow 3.3 the Keycloak auth manager takes a user's identity from the signed Airflow session token but takes the Keycloak access and refresh tokens used for every authorization decision from separate, unauthenticated cookies, and never checks that the two describe the same subject. A user who holds any valid Airflow login of their own, together with another subject's Keycloak access or refresh token obtained out of band, can pair the two: Airflow then authorizes requests with the foreign token's privileges while the session identity, audit log and cache keys continue to name the attacker's own account. The refresh path re-issues an Airflow session token for the original identity carrying the foreign tokens, so the mismatched pairing survives across sessions. Affects deployments running Airflow 3.3 or later with the Keycloak auth manager. Earlier versions carried the Keycloak tokens inside the signed session token, so the binding existed and was lost when they moved into separate cookies. Users of apache-airflow-providers-keycloak are recommended to upgrade to version 0.10.0 or later, which binds the cookie-supplied tokens to the session identity.
    Added CWE CWE-565
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/76xxx/CVE-2026-76186.json">CVE-2026-76186</a>
    Added Reference https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72207
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread/5cqh5ojl3718ogb0q1dcd9vdr47z7gp3
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Sep. 16, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/15/8
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