A bug in the login redirect route in Apache Airflow allowed authenticated users to craft URLs that bypassed the is_safe_url check, enabling redirection from a trusted Airflow domain to an attacker-controlled origin. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.2.2 or later. As a defense-in-depth mitigation, deployment operators can place Airflow behind a reverse proxy that strips off-domain next= query parameters before they reach the login endpoint.
CVE-2026-40961
Score 7.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-01. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.2; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.2
- EG Score
- 7.2(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 47.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 1, 2026
Last Modified
July 21, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Jun 11, 2026oss-security - CVE-2026-40961: Apache Airflow: Open Redirect Bypass Vulnerability
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/31/2Updates the is_url_safe method to reject urls with ///
Fix merged in apache/airflow PR #65557 on 2026-04-23 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/65557Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-40961(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
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PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache-airflow | 1.10.0 ... 3.2.2rc3 (289 versions) | 3.2.2 | — |
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