CVE-2026-82310

Apache Airflow FAB provider: FAB auth manager: deactivated users retain and renew Core API JWT access

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: September 16, 2026 at 09:09 AM UTC
Updated: September 18, 2026 at 02:39 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorApache Airflow Providers FAB

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Apache Airflow FAB provider: deactivating a user account does not stop tokens issued to that account before deactivation. Password authentication correctly rejects the disabled account, but the Core API continues to accept an existing, unexpired token naming it, and lets that token mint a replacement — so the account keeps its role-scoped access indefinitely after an administrator has disabled it. The user replays their own legitimate credential; no signature forgery or privilege escalation is involved, and the access stays within the roles the account already held. Affects deployments using Airflow 3 with the FAB auth manager and Core API token authentication, where an administrator deactivates an account whose row remains in the database and whose previously issued token has not expired. The trigger is administrative deactivation as a containment action, which silently fails to contain. Users of apache-airflow-providers-fab are recommended to upgrade to version 3.9.0 or later, which rejects tokens naming a deactivated account.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2.0.0 ≤ v < 3.9.02.0.0
Affected range stops below 3.9.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

PatchVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72199
Vendor AdvisoryMailing List
Source: cverecord
https://lists.apache.org/thread/85h9r50bmy8vgkgr5nyddryj1p5pxxy2
Mailing List
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/15/10
Vendor AdvisoryMailing List
Source: cverecord
https://lists.apache.org/thread/[email protected]

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.2HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-613

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