CVE-2026-27173

Published: May 19, 2026Modified: Jul 24, 2026

8.7

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Exploitability: 2.0 / Impact: 6.0

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

JWT tokens that were used by workers in Kubernetes Executors have been exposed to users who had read only access to Kuberentes Pods. This could allow users with just read-only access to perform actions that were only available to running tasks via Task SDK and potentially allow to modify state of Airflow Database for tasks.

Affected (1)

Products: Apache: Apache Airflow Providers Cncf Kubernetes

1 product

Apache Airflow Providers Cncf Kubernetes

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Apache Apache Airflow Providers Cncf Kubernetes	Before 10.17.0

Related CWEs

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory

The product places sensitive information into files or directories that are accessible to actors who are allowed to have access to the files, but not to the sensitive information.

References (3)

https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/60108

Source: security@apache.org

Issue TrackingPatch

https://lists.apache.org/thread/pk3m2z4s2rkmc0v6gh9hnch9spc6stqw

Source: security@apache.org

Mailing ListVendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/35

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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