{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-68982", "assignerOrgId": "f0158376-9dc2-43b6-827c-5f631a4d8d09", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "apache", "dateReserved": "2026-08-02T00:09:01.550Z", "datePublished": "2026-11-09T09:55:00.238Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-11-13T17:07:52.875Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "affected": [ { "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "packageURL": "pkg:pypi/apache-airflow-core", "product": "Apache Airflow", "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation", "versions": [ { "lessThan": "3.4.0", "status": "affected", "version": "0", "versionType": "semver" } ], "collectionURL": "https://pypi.python.org", "packageName": "apache-airflow-core" } ], "credits": [ { "lang": "en", "type": "finder", "value": "Or Sahar (Reflectiz)" }, { "lang": "en", "type": "remediation developer", "value": "Sean Ghaeli" } ], "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "supportingMedia": [ { "base64": false, "type": "text/html", "value": "Apache Airflow's CeleryExecutor ran callback workloads (`ExecuteCallback`, used for deadline-alert callbacks) without validating the workload's authentication token. Anyone able to write to the Celery broker could enqueue a forged callback and execute arbitrary code on every CeleryExecutor worker, without Airflow credentials. Deployments using the CeleryExecutor are affected.

Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.4.0 or later, in which the worker claims the callback through the Execution API, validating the token, before running it." } ], "value": "Apache Airflow's CeleryExecutor ran callback workloads (`ExecuteCallback`, used for deadline-alert callbacks) without validating the workload's authentication token. Anyone able to write to the Celery broker could enqueue a forged callback and execute arbitrary code on every CeleryExecutor worker, without Airflow credentials. Deployments using the CeleryExecutor are affected.\n\nUsers are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.4.0 or later, in which the worker claims the callback through the Execution API, validating the token, before running it." } ], "metrics": [ { "other": { "content": { "text": "important" }, "type": "Textual description of severity" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "GENERAL" } ] } ], "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "cweId": "CWE-306", "description": "CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE" } ] } ], "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "f0158376-9dc2-43b6-827c-5f631a4d8d09", "shortName": "apache", "dateUpdated": "2026-11-09T13:05:04.432Z" }, "references": [ { "url": "https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/71192", "tags": [ "patch" ] }, { "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11981", "tags": [ "related" ] }, { "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7t514l87nhjworv2ns22b8ltxr1f7rhg", "tags": [ "vendor-advisory" ] } ], "source": { "discovery": "EXTERNAL" }, "title": "Apache Airflow: CeleryExecutor: forged callback workloads run on Celery workers without workload-token validation", "x_generator": { "engine": "airflow-s/generate_cve_json.py" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 9.8, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH" } }, { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "timestamp": "2026-11-13T17:06:58.098402Z", "id": "CVE-2026-68982", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "yes" }, { "Technical Impact": "total" } ], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-11-13T17:07:52.875Z" } } ] } }