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High · 8.8 CVE-2026-42359 BIT-airflow-2026-42359EUVD-2026-33588GHSA-wr76-29cr-67w8PYSEC-2026-185

Apache Airflow: Authenticated RCE via XCom PATCH endpoint — XComUpdateBody missing FORBIDDEN_XCOM_KEYS validator

Published Jun 1, 2026 · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · Assigned by apache

Description

A bug in Apache Airflow's XCom PATCH endpoint `PATCH /api/v2/xcomEntries/{key}` allowed an authenticated UI/API user with XCom write permission on a Dag to set XCom entries under reserved key names (e.g. `return_value`) that the matching POST endpoint already validated against `FORBIDDEN_XCOM_KEYS`. The endpoint also accepted serialized payload shapes the triggerer's deserializer treats as code; combined, this allowed RCE on the triggerer when the affected task next deferred. Affects deployments where untrusted users have XCom write permission on Dags that defer to the triggerer. This is a fix-bypass of CVE-2026-33858: PR #64148 added the `FORBIDDEN_XCOM_KEYS` validator only on the POST/set path; the PATCH path was not covered. Users who already upgraded for CVE-2026-33858 should additionally upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later to cover the PATCH-path bypass.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow 3.2.0 – < 3.2.2 3.2.2

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI apache-airflow >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.2 3.2.2 GHSA-wr76-29cr-67w8

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