Apache Airflow FAB provider: LDAP Filter Injection in FAB Auth Manager _search_ldap reachable via /auth/token
Apache Airflow FAB Auth Manager contains an LDAP filter injection vulnerability (CWE-90) that allows unauthenticated attackers to exfiltrate directory data or bypass authentication. Upgrade to apache-airflow-providers-fab 3.6.4 or later. If immediate upgrade is not possible, disable LDAP authentication until the provider can be updated.
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- May 25, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 23, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.8% · 53th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-90
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Report tools
Action score
21
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.8%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| apache | apache-airflow-providers-fab | cpe:2.3:a:apache:apache-airflow-providers-fab |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- apache apache-airflow-providers-fabbefore 3.6.4
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apache). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow FAB provider
- before 3.6.4affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | apache-airflow-providers-fab | before 3.6.4 | 3.6.4 |
Same product
apache: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-82311Apache Airflow FAB provider: FAB password reset never invalidates sessions: string/int _user_id comparison is always false39Monitor
- CVE-2026-59243Apache Airflow FAB provider: FAB auth manager: JWT signature verification disabled by default for Azure AD OAuth (`verify_signature` defaults to `False`)39Monitor
- CVE-2024-42447Apache Airflow Providers FAB: FAB provider 1.2.1 and 1.2.0 did not let user to logout for Airflow39Monitor
- CVE-2026-86462Apache Airflow FAB provider: FAB Admin password PATCH does not invalidate database-backed sessions36Monitor
- CVE-2026-75156Apache Airflow FAB provider: FAB Azure AD OAuth: id_token issuer/audience not validated — cross-tenant authentication bypass36Monitor
- CVE-2026-86466Apache Airflow FAB provider: FAB Authentik provider: id_token issuer/audience not validated32Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow FAB provider | 3.6.4 | Vendor (CNA) |
| PyPI:apache-airflow-providers-fab | 3.6.4 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Venkatraman Kumar (r3dw0lfsec), Securinfinder
- orbisai0security (automated scanner — Orbis Security AI)remediation developer
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-90 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query ('LDAP Injection')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- github.com/apache/airflow/pull/66417
- lists.apache.org/thread/dvfy0bs181xwsrjrd3y5c55ztbzm8yhh
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/24/10
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.