Severity: moderate 

Affected versions:

- Apache Airflow (apache-airflow) 3.0.0 before 3.2.0

Description:

Before Airflow 3.2.0, it was unclear that secure Airflow deployments require 
the Deployment Manager to take appropriate actions and pay attention to 
security details and security model of Airflow. Some assumptions the Deployment 
Manager could make were not clear or explicit enough, even though Airflow's 
intentions and security model of Airflow did not suggest different assumptions. 
The overall security model [1], workload isolation [2], and JWT authentication 
details [3] are now described in more detail. Users concerned with role 
isolation and following the Airflow security model of Airflow are advised to 
upgrade to Airflow 3.2, where several security improvements have been 
implemented. They should also read and follow the relevant documents to make 
sure that their deployment is secure enough. It also clarifies that the 
Deployment Manager is ultimately responsible for securing your Airflow 
deployment. This had also been communicated via Airflow 3.2.0 Blog announcement 
[4].

[1] Security Model:  
https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/security/jwt_token_authentication.html
 
[2] Workload isolation:  
https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/security/workload.html 
[3] JWT Token authentication:  
https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/security/jwt_token_authentication.html
 
[4] Airflow 3.2.0 Blog announcement:  
https://airflow.apache.org/blog/airflow-3.2.0/ 



Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.0, which fixes this issue.

Credit:

Saurabh Banawar (finder)
Amogh Desai (remediation developer)

References:

https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/58662
https://airflow.apache.org/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66236

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