HIGH8.1

PYSEC-2026-17

Quick fix

PYSEC-2026-17 — apache-airflow: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'apache-airflow>=3.1.8'

Details

Apache Airflow versions 3.1.0 through 3.1.7 missing authorization vulnerability in the Execution API's Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) endpoints that allows any authenticated task instance to read, approve, or reject HITL workflows belonging to any other task instance.

Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.1.8 or later, which resolves this issue.

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Affected packages

PyPI/apache-airflow

Introduced in: 3.1.0Fixed in: 3.1.8

Fixpip install --upgrade 'apache-airflow>=3.1.8'

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/17/2[ADVISORY]
https://lists.apache.org/thread/1rs2v7fcko2otl6n9ytthcj87cmsgx51[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/62886[FIX]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8x34-9q3v-h7g8[ADVISORY]