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SCA: security update for apache-airflow (GHSA-4fhm-p86v-hwpx)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438963

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Apache Airflow versions 3.1.0 through 3.1.7 session token (_token) in cookies is set to path=/ regardless
 of the configured [webserver] base_url or [api] base_url. This allows any application co-hosted under the
 same domain to capture valid Airflow session tokens from HTTP request headers, allowing full session
 takeover without attacking Airflow itself. Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.1.8 or
 later, which resolves this issue. (CVE-2026-28779)

Solution

Update the apache-airflow library and its related packages to version 3.1.8 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4fhm-p86v-hwpx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 438963

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/18/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-28779

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-28779

cwe: CWE-668