{
"id": "GHSA-524w-vq63-2xhf",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-27173"
],
"details": "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.",
"summary": "Apache Airflow CNCF Kubernetes provider: JWT Token Exposure in KubernetesExecutor Command-Line Arguments",
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "10.17.0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes",
"ecosystem": "PyPI"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-06-05T16:37:13Z",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L"
}
],
"published": "2026-05-19T21:32:03Z",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27173",
"type": "ADVISORY"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/60108",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/apache/airflow",
"type": "PACKAGE"
},
{
"url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/pk3m2z4s2rkmc0v6gh9hnch9spc6stqw",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/35",
"type": "WEB"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-538"
],
"severity": "HIGH",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-19T20:16:17Z",
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-06-05T16:37:13Z"
}
}