Medium severity · published May 19, 2026
CVE-2026-42526
Apache Airflow Amazon provider: Prevent unauthorized access to team-scoped secrets in AWS Secrets Manager and SSM Parameter Store backends
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the AWS Secrets Manager and SSM Parameter Store secrets backends of `apache-airflow-providers-amazon` prior to 9.28.0, the team-scoping logic could resolve a `conn_id` containing a `/` (e.g. `"my_team/conn"`) to the same path as another team's team-scoped secret when the caller had no team context. A privileged caller without team context could therefore retrieve another team's secret by crafting a colliding `conn_id`. Fixed in 9.28.0 by switching the team-scope separator to `--` and rejecting team-shaped `conn_id`s when team context is absent. Affects the experimental multi-tenant teams feature only. Users are recommended to upgrade to `apache-airflow-providers-amazon` 9.28.0, which fixes the issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AA
Apache Airflow Amazon provider · Apache Software Foundation
before 9.28.0 · source: vendor
AP
Apache-airflow-providers-amazon · Apache
before 9.28.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
AA
Apache Airflow Amazon provider
Apache Software Foundation
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42526
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42526
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/65703
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread/0092sz5g520d3qqjb01wd61myqlgjtyn
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/36
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