4.2
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-82355
Apache Airflow: Session cookie silently overrides explicit Authorization bearer header, enabling session fixation
Description

When a request to the Airflow core API carries both a session cookie and an explicit `Authorization: Bearer` token, Airflow resolves the caller from the cookie and ignores the bearer token, inverting the intended precedence of bearer over cookie. The request then executes -- and is recorded in the audit log -- as the cookie's principal rather than the identity the client explicitly presented. Only Apache Airflow 3.3.0 and 3.3.1 are affected. Earlier releases do not contain the code path that caches the cookie-derived user, and are not vulnerable. Exploiting this requires an attacker to first place a valid session cookie of their own into the victim's browser or client: for example by cookie tossing from a sibling subdomain, through cross-site scripting in a separate application sharing a parent domain, or via a shared workstation. Deployments that host the Airflow UI on a domain shared with other applications are therefore the most exposed; a deployment on a dedicated domain with no co-hosted applications is not reachable this way. The consequence is principal confusion and misattributed audit records rather than a direct privilege escalation. Users of 3.3.0 or 3.3.1 should upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.3.2 or later, which resolves the caller from the explicitly supplied credential whenever one is present.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 21, 2026, 3:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 25, 2026, 7:43 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apache airflow
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Solution
Upgrade Airflow to version 3.3.2 or later to fix authentication precedence.
  • Upgrade Apache Airflow to version 3.3.2 or later.
  • Ensure authentication token precedence is correctly handled.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2026-82355.

URL Resource
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72225 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72723 Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread/3p7zpdvv40tn01m0xk5mt2rxg88mw8w1 Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/21/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 25, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added Reference Type Apache Software Foundation: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72225 Types: Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added Reference Type Apache Software Foundation: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72723 Types: Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added Reference Type Apache Software Foundation: https://lists.apache.org/thread/3p7zpdvv40tn01m0xk5mt2rxg88mw8w1 Types: Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Added Reference Type CVE: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/21/4 Types: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Sep. 21, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/21/4
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Sep. 21, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-82355', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'none'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-09-21T15:23:48.747705Z'}
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 21, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description When a request to the Airflow core API carries both a session cookie and an explicit `Authorization: Bearer` token, Airflow resolves the caller from the cookie and ignores the bearer token, inverting the intended precedence of bearer over cookie. The request then executes -- and is recorded in the audit log -- as the cookie's principal rather than the identity the client explicitly presented. Only Apache Airflow 3.3.0 and 3.3.1 are affected. Earlier releases do not contain the code path that caches the cookie-derived user, and are not vulnerable. Exploiting this requires an attacker to first place a valid session cookie of their own into the victim's browser or client: for example by cookie tossing from a sibling subdomain, through cross-site scripting in a separate application sharing a parent domain, or via a shared workstation. Deployments that host the Airflow UI on a domain shared with other applications are therefore the most exposed; a deployment on a dedicated domain with no co-hosted applications is not reachable this way. The consequence is principal confusion and misattributed audit records rather than a direct privilege escalation. Users of 3.3.0 or 3.3.1 should upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.3.2 or later, which resolves the caller from the explicitly supplied credential whenever one is present.
    Added CWE CWE-384
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/82xxx/CVE-2026-82355.json">CVE-2026-82355</a>
    Added Reference https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72225
    Added Reference https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72723
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread/3p7zpdvv40tn01m0xk5mt2rxg88mw8w1
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