CVE-2026-86829
What it is
Apache Airflow's scheduler fully deserializes XCom values written by task code while evaluating task dependencies. A Dag author, who controls what a task writes to XCom, therefore controls data that is deserialized inside the scheduler process - a context the Airflow security model reserves for code installed by the Deployment Manager, above the worker-scoped execution capability a Dag author is documented to have. Deployments that treat Dag authors as less trusted than Deployment Managers are affected, and the scheduler must be evaluating a task dependency that reads a task-written XCom value. Users of apache-airflow are recommended to upgrade to version 3.4.0 or later, which restricts dependency evaluation to primitive XCom values.
At a glance
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: not scored yet.
- Severity: not scored yet.
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Weakness
- CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization
- Record status
- Received
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