Apache Airflow's asset materialization endpoint
Medium6.5CVE-2026-68971 · Published Aug 12, 2026 · updated Sep 28, 2026
Apache Airflow's asset materialization endpoint (`POST /api/v2/assets/{asset_id}/materialize`) and the XCom result check on `wait_dag_run_until_finished` authorized the target Dag without its team, unlike every other authorization site. A team-aware auth manager distinguishes a team-scoped Dag from a global one by that field -- the Keycloak auth manager, for example, checks the `DAG` resource instead of `DAG:<team>` -- so the team-scoped permission that should gate the request was never consulted. In a deployment running multi-team mode with a team-aware auth manager, an authenticated user in one team could trigger Dag runs belonging to another team, supplying their own `dag_run_id` and `conf`, and could read another team's XCom values. Deployments using the FAB auth manager are unaffected, as it has no multi-team support. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later, which resolves the Dag's team at both sites.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| apache-airflow PyPI | < 3.3.1 | 3.3.1 |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Severity from
- the CVSS score
- Also known as
- BIT-airflow-2026-68971, CVE-2026-68971
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