CVE-2026-27173 | BDVDB-2026-333949 Detail

ApacheApache Airflow CNCF Kubernetes provider

Description#

JWT tokens that were used by workers in Kubernetes Executors have been exposed to users who had read only access to Kuberentes Pods. This could allow users with just read-only access to perform actions that were only available to running tasks via Task SDK and potentially allow to modify state of Airflow Database for tasks.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact low. Attack vector: local.

Weaknesses#

CWE-538 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12026-05-19Record published in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-05-19
Last modified: 2026-05-19

Vendor information

Vendor: Apache
Product: Apache Airflow CNCF Kubernetes provider

All Apache vulnerabilities

Score

8.7 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 4.8.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
< 10.17.0
Fixed
10.17.0

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

8.7 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	High
Availability	Low

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).