CVE-2026-45426CWE-863

Apache Airflow: Log server JWT authorization bypass via Python lstrip() character stripping allows cross-Dag log access

Low · published June 1, 2026

CVSS v3.1
3.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Exploitation requires the attacker to already be an authenticated Airflow worker holding a valid Log-server JWT issued for at least one Dag. Apache Airflow's Log server authorized JWT tokens against Dag IDs by applying Python's `str.lstrip()` to the requested path segment when verifying the JWT's `sub` claim. `str.lstrip()` strips any of a *set* of characters from the left (not a prefix), so a JWT issued for a Dag named e.g. `dag_a` would authorize log access to any other Dag whose name began with any subset of the characters `{d, a, g, _}` (e.g. `dag_attacker`, `aaaa_target`, `_dag_secret`). Such an authenticated worker could enumerate and read worker logs of other Dags whose names happened to share that character-class prefix, leaking task output and error traces beyond the documented per-Dag isolation boundary. Affects deployments relying on per-Dag log-access scoping (multi-team, shared-executor, shared-worker topologies). Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.1 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00518 · 43.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2026-06-01T07:47Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 JUN 07:47Z
    Apache Airflow: Log server JWT authorization bypass via Python lstrip() character stripping allows cross-Dag log access
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