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 products
apache: apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes
References3
- lists.apache.org/thread/pk3m2z4s2rkmc0v6gh9hnch9spc6stqw Mailing ListVendor Advisory
- github.com/apache/airflow/pull/60108 Issue TrackingPatch
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/35 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.7
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 5 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-538
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