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CVE-2026-111455

Apache Airflow: Connections API: async connection test authorizes create at enqueue but overwrites a later-created connection at commit

Products / packages Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow

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Severity and exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.

KEV checked 15/11/2026, 00:05:31 UTC
CISA-ADP · CVSS:3.1 · 6.5
Assessment vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity

medium6.5

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Known exploitation

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Public exploit

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Remediation

Fix status not established

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What this means

Apache Airflow versions before 3.4.0 have an authorization weakness, allowing users with create permission to overwrite connections created by others. This issue affects deployments with the non-default `[core] test_connection` setting enabled. A user can exploit this with create permission but not edit permission.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Attack conditions

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Affected versions

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Apache Software Foundation · apache

Apache Airflow

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Package identity

pkg:pypi/apache-airflow-coreExplore apache-airflow-core →

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affected

3.3.0 → before 3.4.0

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unaffected

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

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What to do

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Public exploit evidence

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Original source description

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Apache Airflow's asynchronous connection test checked permissions when the test was queued — only create permission when the connection ID did not exist yet — but, when the test completed with commit_on_success, wrote the tested connection under that ID. A user allowed to create but not edit connections could overwrite a connection someone else had created in the meantime. Only deployments that enable the non-default [core] test_connection setting are affected. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.4.0 or later.

References

3 sources
apache/airflow · pull request #74837
Patchapache
lists.apache.org/thread.html/j3tqo8wd53mcyvkkw4z5pnt9tckks0j2
Vendor advisoryapache
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/11/09/18
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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-863 ↗

CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

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Contributing organizations · 3
apache

Assigning organization

2026-11-09
CVE

Additional data publisher

2026-11-09
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-11-12

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  1. CVE · CVE-2026-111455

    Observed 2026-11-12T21:54:12.187Z · upstream updated 2026-11-12T14:50:20.913Z

    Severity assessment changed

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    "source": "CISA-ADP",
    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
    "score": 6.5
  }
]
    Prioritization updated

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  {
    "source": "CISA-ADP",
    "type": "SSVC",
    "role": "CISA Coordinator",
    "timestamp": "2026-11-12T14:50:12.882916Z",
    "decisions": [
      {
        "name": "Exploitation",
        "value": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "Automatable",
        "value": "no"
      },
      {
        "name": "Technical Impact",
        "value": "partial"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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