CVE-2026-28563 Apache Airflow: DAG authorization bypass

What is CVE-2026-28563?

CVE-2026-28563 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Apache Airflow, published on 17 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Apache Airflow versions 3.1.0 through 3.1.7 /ui/dependencies endpoint returns the full DAG dependency graph without filtering by authorized DAG IDs. This allows an authenticated user with only DAG Dependencies permission to enumerate DAGs they are not authorized to view.

Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.1.8 or later, which resolves this issue.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-28563?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including apache-airflow and airflow. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Airflow.

How do I fix CVE-2026-28563?

Upgrade apache-airflow to 3.1.8 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2026-28563 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-28563 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Airflow

• CVE-2020-13927 Apache Airflow's Experimental API Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-11978 Apache Airflow Command Injection Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-33264 Apache Airflow: DAG author RCE on webserver via unrestricted import_string() in BaseSerialization.deserialize() Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-25754 Apache Airflow: Privilege escalation using airflow logs Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-22884 Apache Airflow, Apache Airflow MySQL Provider: Arbitrary file read via MySQL provider in Apache Airflow Critical 9.8

All Apache Airflow vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-airflow-2026-28563, ECHO-9ac2-76f0-f382, GHSA-x3fv-96qh-67m7, MINI-8wqr-3g57-9pqx, PYSEC-2026-15.