CVE-2026-30911: Apache Airflow: Execution API HITL Endpoints Missing Per-Task Authorization
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.61% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow 3.1.8.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow 3.1.8 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Apache Airflow versions 3.1.0 through 3.1.7 missing authorization vulnerability in the Execution API's Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) endpoints that allows any authenticated task instance to read, approve, or reject HITL workflows belonging to any other task instance. Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.1.8 or later, which resolves this issue.
- Published
- Mar 17, 2026
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.6% · 49th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-862
Report tools
Action score
32
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.6%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| apache | airflow | cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow |
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
- 3.1.0 and later · before 3.1.8affected · semver
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- apache airflow3.1.0 and later · before 3.1.8
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 | from 3.1.0 · before 3.1.8 | 3.1.8 |
Same product
apache: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2020-13927The previous default setting for Airflow's Experimental API was to allow all API requests without authentication, but this poses security…KEV99Now
- CVE-2020-11978An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below.KEV95Now
- CVE-2021-38540Apache Airflow: Variable Import endpoint missed authentication check63This week
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-28563Mar 17, 2026 · Apache Airflow: DAG authorization bypass17Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-28779Mar 17, 2026 · Apache Airflow: Path of session token in cookie does not consider base_url - session hijacking via co-hosted applications30Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-34538Apr 9, 2026 · Apache Airflow: Authorization bypass in DagRun wait endpoint (XCom exposure)26Monitor
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 | 3.1.8 | Vendor (CNA) |
| PyPI:apache-airflow | 3.1.8 | 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
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
Patch and commit links
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Credits
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- Kai Aizenfinder
- Aritra Basuremediation developer
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-68971148 days apartApache Airflow: Cross-team authorization bypass in the asset materialization and dag-run result endpoints26Monitor
- CVE-2026-4101476 days apartApache Airflow: per-DAG RBAC bypass on /ui/partitioned_dag_runs endpoints17Monitor
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-862 · Missing AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
nvd-secondary
Attack context
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Change log (1)
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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