GHSA-q4c3-7575-55j2
Apache Airflow scheduler unsafely deserializes human-in-the-loop task next_kwargs
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-67260
- Aliases
- BIT-airflow-2026-67260, PYSEC-2026-3707
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Description
Apache Airflow 3.3.0 moved human-in-the-loop tasks from the triggerer to a new `awaiting_input` task state swept by the scheduler. That sweep deserializes the task instance's `next_kwargs` without an allow-list, so a Dag author — who controls that value through the task execution API — can cause an arbitrary module import and object instantiation inside the scheduler process, or terminate the scheduler job. No non-default configuration is required: the sweep runs unconditionally every 15 seconds, and the default `allowed_deserialization_classes` setting does not cover this code path. Versions before 3.3.0 are not affected, because human-in-the-loop tasks deferred onto the triggerer instead. This is a different code path from CVE-2026-58076, which covers the same unguarded exception-node deserialization reached elsewhere — deployments that applied that fix must upgrade for this issue as well. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| PyPI · apache-airflow | introduced 3.3.0, fixed 3.3.1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67260 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70685 WEB
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/18b622920cf0f486155075125ecdcabc752b1eca WEB
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/a1ab0653121829675ad864080d2cd9d3d1688b01 WEB
- https://github.com/apache/airflow PACKAGE
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/releases/tag/3.3.1 WEB
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2026-3707.yaml WEB
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/vygr0fh82cjzjp5k4vtfmboxryvm3lyn WEB
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-58076 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |