Apache Airflow has no certificate validation on SMTP STARTTLS connections
Apache Airflow's EmailOperator and the underlying airflow.utils.email helpers established SMTP STARTTLS connections without verifying the remote certificate when the deployment used [email] smtp_starttls=True without [email] smtp_ssl. An attacker positioned between the worker and the configured SMTP server (network MITM — typical hostile-network attack-surface for environments where the SMTP relay sits outside the worker's trust boundary) could present a self-signed certificate, have the worker complete the STARTTLS handshake silently, and capture the SMTP AUTH credentials and message contents the worker forwarded.
This CVE covers the core apache-airflow side of the same root cause already covered for the SMTP provider by CVE-2026-41016 (published 2026-04-27, covering apache-airflow-providers-smtp). Users who already applied the SMTP-provider fix from CVE-2026-41016 should additionally upgrade apache-airflow to 3.2.2 or later to cover the core-side path through airflow.utils.email. Affects deployments configured with smtp_starttls=True and smtp_ssl=False where the SMTP relay is reachable across a less-trusted network segment than the worker.
Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.2.2 or later.
Software afectado
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| Plataforma | Paquete | Versiones vulnerables | Corregida en |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python (PyPI) | apache-airflow | >= 2.0.0, < 3.2.2 | 3.2.2 |
Referencias
- Vector CVSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Debilidad (CWE)
CWE-295- Plataforma
- Python (PyPI)
- Paquete
apache-airflow- Publicada
- 01.06.2026
- Actualizado
- 11.10.2026 14:18
Fuentes y licencias
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-799x-qp47-8qwq - CC BY 4.0
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-2346 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0
Historial de vulnerabilidades: apache-airflow
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- Entradas en total
- 158
- Primera → última
- 08.2018 09.2026
- Sin corrección
- 4
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- 2
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- Crítica 16
- Alta 49
- Media 86
- Baja 7
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- 2018: 1
- 2019: 8
- 2020: 12
- 2021: 5
- 2022: 16
- 2023: 31
- 2024: 18
- 2025: 6
- 2026: 61
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