CVE-2026-86466
HIGHDescription
Apache Airflow FAB provider: the Authentik OAuth path in the FAB auth manager does not validate the issuer or audience claims of the id_token it accepts. An attacker holding a token that the same Authentik identity provider minted for a different client application can present it to Airflow and be authenticated as the user it names, because the audience claim is never checked. Affects deployments using the FAB auth manager with Authentik OAuth where the same Authentik instance also serves other applications; the attacker needs a valid token for any of those other applications, not for Airflow. CVE-2026-75156 corrected the same missing validation on the Azure AD path in this file; the Authentik path was left unchanged and is fixed here. Deployments that applied the CVE-2026-75156 fix and use Authentik must also upgrade for this one. Users of apache-airflow-providers-fab are recommended to upgrade to version 3.9.0 or later, which fixes the issue.
How to fix
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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
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 4% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-34291 | High | 8.8 | 84% | KEV | - |
| CVE-2009-1185 | High | 7.2 | 82% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2015-4495 | High | 8.8 | 71% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2020-16952 | High | 8.6 | 71% | - | - |
| CVE-2023-29711 | Critical | 9.8 | 70% | - | - |
| CVE-2024-23898 | High | 8.8 | 67% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2026-86466?
Upgrade apache-airflow-providers-fab to 3.9.0 or later.
Is CVE-2026-86466 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2026-86466 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.14% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 4% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2026-86466?
CVE-2026-86466 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, 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-2026-86466 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for apache-airflow-providers-fab (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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