CVE-2026-27173

high Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS Score
0.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 95% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Published: May 19, 2026 (51 days ago)
Last Modified: July 2, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-538

Affected Products

apache apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes

References

🔗 github.com 🔗 lists.apache.org 🔗 www.openwall.com