CVE-2026-96285 (GCVE-0-2026-96285)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-09 09:47 – Updated: 2026-11-09 09:47
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Apache Airflow: Scheduler: next_kwargs deserialized before the dict check, so resume data still invokes constructors
Summary
Apache Airflow 3.3.1 shipped a fix for CVE-2026-67260 that checks the scheduler's decoded `next_kwargs` value is a dictionary, but performs that check only after deserializing the whole stored payload. Deserialization reconstructs nested objects of classes permitted by the deserialization allow-list — which by default includes Airflow's own classes — and runs their constructors inside the scheduler process before the check can reject the value. A Dag author, who controls a task's `next_kwargs` through the task execution API, can therefore still trigger constructor execution in the scheduler when the `awaiting_input` timeout sweep processes the task, and in the API server when the task instance is served to a worker using an older Execution API version; no non-default configuration is required. Versions before 3.3.0 are not affected. This is an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-67260: deployments that upgraded to 3.3.1 for that issue must also upgrade to apache-airflow 3.4.0 or later.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
apache
CNA
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/73576 | patch |
| https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/73577 | patch |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-67260 | related |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5grvgsjw0c47… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Airflow |
Affected:
3.3.0 , < 3.4.0
(semver)
|
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