Apache Airflow Amazon Provider <=9.37 SAML Login-CSRF Bystander Auto-Login
CVE-2026-86467 Published on October 20, 2026
Apache Airflow Amazon provider: AWS auth manager: SAML login CSRF logs users into the attacker's account
Apache Airflow Amazon provider: the AWS auth manager's SAML login flow does not bind the authentication response to the browser that began it. The login handler discards the AuthnRequest ID and the callback validates the assertion without requiring a matching InResponseTo, so an unauthenticated attacker who can cause a victim to load a page can complete a SAML login in the victim's browser using the attacker's own assertion, silently logging the victim into the attacker's Airflow account. Subsequent work the victim performs lands in a session the attacker controls.
Affects deployments using the AWS auth manager with SAML authentication. The victim needs only to visit an attacker-controlled page; no Airflow account or credential is required of the attacker. This is the same login-CSRF class fixed in the Keycloak auth manager as CVE-2026-40948.
Users of apache-airflow-providers-amazon are recommended to upgrade to version 9.38.0, which fixes the issue.
Weakness Type
What is a Session Riding Vulnerability?
The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. When a web server is designed to receive a request from a client without any mechanism for verifying that it was intentionally sent, then it might be possible for an attacker to trick a client into making an unintentional request to the web server which will be treated as an authentic request. This can be done via a URL, image load, XMLHttpRequest, etc. and can result in exposure of data or unintended code execution.
CVE-2026-86467 has been classified to as a Session Riding vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-86467
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Affected Versions
Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Amazon provider:- Before 9.38.0 is affected.