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Echo: apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes: security update to 10.17.0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 461133

Description

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

 - JWT tokens that were used by workers in Kubernetes Executors have been exposed to users who had read only
 access to Kuberentes Pods. This could allow users with just read-only access to perform actions that were
 only available to running tasks via Task SDK and potentially allow to modify state of Airflow Database for
 tasks. (CVE-2026-27173)

Solution

Update the apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes library and its related packages to version 10.17.0 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-27173

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 461133

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/3/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.35

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-27173

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Temporal Score: 7.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-27173