Improper access control in Apache Airflow - CVE-2026-32228

 

Improper access control in Apache Airflow - CVE-2026-32228

Published: August 25, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU145328
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-32228
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to trigger dags they had no access to.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in the UI/API asset materialization functionality when processing asset materialization requests. A remote user can trigger dags they are not authorized to access to trigger dags they had no access to.


Affected software

Apache Airflow

How to mitigate CVE-2026-32228

Install security update from vendor's website.

Apache Airflow - update to 3.2.0

External References

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