# CVE-2026-111455: Apache Airflow: Connections API: async connection test authorizes create at enqueue but overwrites a later-created connection at commit

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-119885
- Severity: low (stated by apache, no CVSS score)
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.4.0
- Published: 2026-11-09 · Updated: 2026-11-09

CVE-2026-111455 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated low by apache and affects Apache Airflow; fixed in 3.4.0.

## Summary

Apache Airflow's Connections API lets a user with permission to create connections, but not edit them, overwrite a connection that someone else created in the meantime, using the asynchronous connection test. Only deployments that enable the non-default `[core] test_connection` setting are affected.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- apache-airflow-core (PyPI): from 3.3.0, fixed in 3.4.0
  - Fixed in 3.4.0 (released Nov 6, 2026, 3 days before disclosure).
  - The latest release, 3.4.0, is not affected.

## Description

Apache Airflow's asynchronous connection test checked permissions when the test was queued — only create permission when the connection ID did not exist yet — but, when the test completed with `commit_on_success`, wrote the tested connection under that ID. A user allowed to create but not edit connections could overwrite a connection someone else had created in the meantime. Only deployments that enable the non-default `[core] test_connection` setting are affected. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.4.0 or later.

## What to do

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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-111455 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-111455

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-111455?

apache-airflow-core (PyPI): from 3.3.0 before 3.4.0.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-111455

### How do I fix CVE-2026-111455?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 3.4.0.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-111455

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## References

- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/74837
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/j3tqo8wd53mcyvkkw4z5pnt9tckks0j2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/11/09/18

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