Medium 5.9Published Jun 1, 2026

CVE-2026-41017Apache Airflow: JWT cookie missing Secure flag in JWTRefreshMiddleware behind HTTPS-terminating proxy

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 1:10 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Apache Airflow's `JWTRefreshMiddleware` set the JWT auth cookie without the `Secure` flag, so deployments running the Airflow API server behind an HTTPS-terminating reverse proxy (e.g. nginx / Envoy / a managed load balancer that terminates TLS and forwards plaintext to the API server, the default cloud-native topology) would have the user's session JWT replayed over any cleartext HTTP request to the same host. A network-positioned attacker (Wi-Fi MITM, hostile LAN, captive-portal proxy) could induce a logged-in user's browser to issue an HTTP request to the deployment's hostname and capture the JWT cookie out of that request, then replay it against the authenticated API. Affects deployments where the Airflow API server is reached through a TLS-terminating proxy and the cookie's secure-by-default protection is load-bearing for session integrity. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later.

CVSS: 5.9 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-614
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: apache
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 2, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow apache_software_foundation:apache_airflow (from the name)	from 3.0.0 before 3.2.2	CNA record
apache airflow apache:airflow	from 3.0.0 before 3.2.2	NVD

References

https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/65348patch, issue-tracking
https://lists.apache.org/thread/9jx0sk49c1250zflx0q3clc717qgjdchvendor-advisory, mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/31/6mailing-list, third-party-advisory

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