---
id: CVE-2026-86465
title: >-
  Apache Airflow Akeyless provider: the Akeyless secrets backend's team-scope
  guard can be bypassed with a user-controlled key
summary: >-
  Apache Airflow Akeyless provider: the Akeyless secrets backend's team-scope
  guard can be bypassed with a user-controlled key. In a multi-team deployment,
  a Dag author scoped to one team can supply a Variable key containing a path
  separat…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-639
vendor: apache
product: apache-airflow-providers-akeyless
affected:
  - apache-airflow-providers-akeyless < 0.3.1
patched:
  - apache-airflow-providers-akeyless 0.3.1
published: '2026-09-16'
updated: '2026-09-17'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-17T20:18:50.343'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86465'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72646'
    label: security@apache.org
  - url: 'https://lists.apache.org/thread/vczt5xgqjv8ot8fpp1vdq3rmnfm50w0g'
    label: security@apache.org
  - url: >-
      https://lists.apache.org/thread/vczt5xgqjv8ot8fpp1vdq3rmnfm50w0g?users@airflow.apache.org
    label: security@apache.org
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68870'
    label: security@apache.org
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68871'
    label: security@apache.org
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68872'
    label: security@apache.org
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-17T19:28:17.409208Z'
epss: 0.0081
epssPercentile: 0.55199
ingestedAt: '2026-09-16T09:53:11.599Z'
---

## Overview

Apache Airflow Akeyless provider: the Akeyless secrets backend's team-scope guard can be bypassed with a user-controlled key. In a multi-team deployment, a Dag author scoped to one team can supply a Variable key containing a path separator that causes the backend to resolve a secret belonging to a different team, because the lookup path is concatenated from an unvalidated key after the team-scoped lookup misses. The Execution API Variables route accepts a path-shaped key, so this is reachable from ordinary Dag code.

Affects multi-team deployments using the Akeyless secrets backend. Single-team deployments are not affected, as there is no cross-team boundary to cross. This is the same class as CVE-2026-68870, CVE-2026-68871 and CVE-2026-68872 in the Azure Key Vault, Yandex Lockbox and Amazon secrets backends.

Users of apache-airflow-providers-akeyless are recommended to upgrade to version 0.3.1 or later, which fixes the issue.

## Affected

- `apache-airflow-providers-akeyless < 0.3.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `apache-airflow-providers-akeyless 0.3.1`