CVE-2026-41017

published 2026-06-01

CVE-2026-41017: Apache Airflow's `JWTRefreshMiddleware` set the JWT auth cookie without the `Secure` flag, so deployments running the Airflow API server behind an…

Priority P3 36 medium 5.9 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC H PR N UI N S U C H I N A N

Apache Airflow's `JWTRefreshMiddleware` set the JWT auth cookie without the `Secure` flag, so deployments running the Airflow API server behind an HTTPS-terminating reverse proxy (e.g. nginx / Envoy / a managed load balancer that terminates TLS and forwards plaintext to the API server, the default cloud-native topology) would have the user's session JWT replayed over any cleartext HTTP request to the same host. A network-positioned attacker (Wi-Fi MITM, hostile LAN, captive-portal proxy) could induce a logged-in user's browser to issue an HTTP request to the deployment's hostname and capture the JWT cookie out of that request, then replay it against the authenticated API. Affects deployments where the Airflow API server is reached through a TLS-terminating proxy and the cookie's secure-by-default protection is load-bearing for session integrity. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apache	airflow	>= 3.0.0 < 3.2.2	3.2.2
apache_software_foundation	apache_airflow	>= 3.0.0 < 3.2.2	3.2.2

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