VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2026-27173
JWT tokens that were used by workers in Kubernetes Executors have been exposed to users who had read only access to Kuberentes Pods.
HIGH 8.7EPSS 0.16%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.7 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.16% probability · 5th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-538
- Affected
- apache/apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes
- Source
- security@apache.org
References
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/60108Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/pk3m2z4s2rkmc0v6gh9hnch9spc6stqwMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/35Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.