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CVE-2026-68968

HIGH
7.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Apache Airflow's Backfill API authorized a request against a Dag id supplied by the caller whenever the `backfill_id` path segment failed to parse. The authorization dependency parsed it with `int()` while the route handler parsed it as pydantic's `NonNegativeInt`, which accepts values `int()` rejects (`1.0` coerces to `1`); FastAPI resolves dependencies before endpoint validation, so the two acted on different Dags. An authenticated user holding edit permission on any single Dag could therefore read, pause and cancel backfills belonging to any other Dag, including moving another Dag's queued runs to `failed`. No non-default configuration is required and backfill ids are sequential, so finding a target is trivial. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later, which parses the backfill id with the same type the routes declare.

How to fix

Remediation Available
airflowNVD
Affected:< 3.3.1Fixed in:3.3.1CVE-2026-68968derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.42%probability of exploitation in 30 days
35thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 35% of all known CVEs.

References

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-68968?

Upgrade airflow to 3.3.1 or later.

Is CVE-2026-68968 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-68968 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.42% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 35% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2026-68968?

CVE-2026-68968 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2026-68968 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for airflow (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-08-13.