CVE-2026-68968
Published:August 12, 2026
Updated:August 31, 2026
Apache Airflow's Backfill API authorized a request against a Dag id supplied by the caller whenever the "backfill_id" path segment failed to parse. The authorization dependency parsed it with "int()" while the route handler parsed it as pydantic's "NonNegativeInt", which accepts values "int()" rejects ("1.0" coerces to "1"); FastAPI resolves dependencies before endpoint validation, so the two acted on different Dags. An authenticated user holding edit permission on any single Dag could therefore read, pause and cancel backfills belonging to any other Dag, including moving another Dag's queued runs to "failed". No non-default configuration is required and backfill ids are sequential, so finding a target is trivial. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later, which parses the backfill id with the same type the routes declare.
Affected Packages
apache-airflow (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=2.0.1 <3.3.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.3.1https://github.com/apache/airflow.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=3.0.0 <3.3.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.3.1apache-airflow (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=1.8.1 <3.3.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.3.1Related Resources (6)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Interpretation Conflict
EPSS
Base Score:
0.42