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Apache AirflowGHSA-89cj-xrpx-j79m

Apache Airflow has a Link Following issue

Apache Airflow

CVE-2026-40861 · Published Jun 1, 2026 · updated Jul 9, 2026

Medium6.5
Fix: upgrade to 3.2.2 or later
GitHub advisory

A Dag author could either (a) create a symlink under their task's log directory pointing to an arbitrary file readable by the API server process (read-path attack , e.g. /etc/passwd or airflow.cfg) or (b) supply a task_id containing .. sequences accepted by the Task SDK's KEY_REGEX (write-path attack), and in both cases the FileTaskHandler resolves the log path outside the configured base_log_folder, leaking or overwriting arbitrary files. Only affects deployments where the worker log folder is shared with the API server. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.2.2 or later. As a defense-in-depth mitigation, deploy the worker and API server with separate log volumes so that worker-controlled paths cannot reach the API server's filesystem.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
apache-airflow
PyPI
< 3.2.23.2.2
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