CVE-2026-28779 PUBLISHED

Apache Airflow: Path of session token in cookie does not consider base_url - session hijacking via co-hosted applications

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 03.03.2026 Published: 17.03.2026 Updated: 17.03.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Airflow
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 3.0.0 to 3.1.8 (excl.)

Credits

  • Daniel Wolf finder
  • Daniel Wolf remediation developer

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere CWE