# CVE-2026-26929: Apache Airflow: Wildcard DagVersion Listing Bypasses Per‑DAG RBAC and Leaks Metadata

- Also known as: GHSA-4M3H-WP5W-5HQH, BIT-AIRFLOW-2026-26929, PYSEC-2026-14
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- apache rates this low
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.1.8
- Published: 2026-03-17 · Updated: 2026-03-17

## Affected

- apache-airflow: from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.1.8
- apache-airflow (PyPI): from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.1.8

## Description

Apache Airflow versions 3.0.0 through 3.1.7 FastAPI DagVersion listing API does not apply per-DAG authorization filtering when the request is made with dag_id set to "~" (wildcard for all DAGs). As a result, version metadata of DAGs that the requester is not authorized to access is returned. Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.1.8 or later, which resolves this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on apache-airflow, upgrade to a fixed version (3.1.8) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/61675
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/g5o6khx83jwqvdyn0mlyb0krt35cs9ss

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