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CVE-2026-86465

6.5 · MEDIUM

Apache Airflow Akeyless provider: the Akeyless secrets backend's team-scope guard can be bypassed with a user-controlled key.

Published Sep 16, 2026apacheCWE-639EPSS 0.81%

Overview

CVE-2026-86465 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting apache apache-airflow-providers-akeyless. It was published on September 16, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

Apache Airflow Akeyless provider: the Akeyless secrets backend's team-scope guard can be bypassed with a user-controlled key. In a multi-team deployment, a Dag author scoped to one team can supply a Variable key containing a path separator that causes the backend to resolve a secret belonging to a different team, because the lookup path is concatenated from an unvalidated key after the team-scoped lookup misses. The Execution API Variables route accepts a path-shaped key, so this is reachable from ordinary Dag code.

Affects multi-team deployments using the Akeyless secrets backend. Single-team deployments are not affected, as there is no cross-team boundary to cross. This is the same class as CVE-2026-68870, CVE-2026-68871 and CVE-2026-68872 in the Azure Key Vault, Yandex Lockbox and Amazon secrets backends.

Users of apache-airflow-providers-akeyless are recommended to upgrade to version 0.3.1 or later, which fixes the issue.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from apache. Update apache-airflow-providers-akeyless to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
apacheapache-airflow-providers-akeyless>= 0, < 0.3.1Affected

References

GitHubgithub.com/apache/airflow/pull/72646Reflists.apache.org/thread/vczt5xgqjv8ot8fpp1vdq3rmnfm50w0gReflists.apache.org/thread/[email protected]Refwww.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68870Refwww.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68871Refwww.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68872

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What is CVE-2026-86465?

CVE-2026-86465 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting apache apache-airflow-providers-akeyless. It was published on September 16, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2026-86465?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2026-86465?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from apache. Update apache-airflow-providers-akeyless to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2026-86465?

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