Apache Airflow AWS Auth Manager - Host Header Injection Leading to SAML Authentication Bypass

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-25604
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerapache
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-03-09 11:16:06 UTC
Updated2026-07-02 16:35:27 UTC
DescriptionIn AWS Auth manager, the origin of the SAML authentication has been used as provided by the client and not verified against the actual instance URL.  This allowed to gain access to different instances with potentially different access controls by reusing SAML response from other instances. You should upgrade to 9.22.0 version of provider if you use AWS Auth Manager.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.4 MEDIUM from ADP

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

Problem Types: CWE-346 | CWE-346 CWE-346: Origin Validation Error

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED5.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary5.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Apache-airflow-providers-amazon All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Providers Amazon affected 8.0.0 9.22.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/apache/airflow/pull/61368 [email protected] github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/09/6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org/thread/spwwrsmwxod7fpttcd7n7zs46j839l77 [email protected] lists.apache.org Mailing List
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Sungwuk Jung (en)

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