CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2026-68982 Apache Airflow: CeleryExecutor: forged callback workloads run on Celery workers without workload-token validation
Critical (9.8) in apache software foundation apache airflow. EPSS 0.5% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
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Apache Airflow's CeleryExecutor ran callback workloads (`ExecuteCallback`, used for deadline-alert callbacks) without validating the workload's authentication token. Anyone able to write to the Celery broker could enqueue a forged callback and execute arbitrary code on every CeleryExecutor worker, without Airflow credentials. Deployments using the CeleryExecutor are affected.
Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.4.0 or later, in which the worker claims the callback through the Execution API, validating the token, before running it.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.5% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 40th percentile. Scored 2026-11-13. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
- CISA's assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total, assessed 2026-11-13. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
- CWE
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
- OWASP Top 10
- A07:2025 Authentication Failures
- Published
- Modified
- Assigned by
- apache (CNA)
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting analysis
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Affected
- apache software foundation:apache airflow
Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow | before 3.4.0 |
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- Ghost-Bx1/cve-2026-68982-airflow-celery-rce 0 stars, Python, created
CVE-2026-68982 - Apache Airflow CeleryExecutor Unauthenticated RCE | CVSS 9.8 | By Gh0st-Bx1
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- CAPEC-12 Choosing Message Identifier Likelihood: High · Severity: High
- CAPEC-36 Using Unpublished Interfaces or Functionality Likelihood: Medium · Severity: High
- CAPEC-62 Cross Site Request Forgery Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
- CAPEC-166 Force the System to Reset Values Severity: Medium
- CAPEC-216 Communication Channel Manipulation
The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits.
History
- Scored 7.3 high
- Score 7.3 → 9.8 critical
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