# CVE-2026-40963: Apache Airflow: DAG authorization bypass on /ui/structure/structure\_data

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2349, BIT-AIRFLOW-2026-40963, GHSA-GPRJ-XVQ8-W53Q
- Severity: CVSS 3.1 (Low), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- apache rates this low
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.2.2
- Published: 2026-06-01 · Updated: 2026-06-01

## Affected

- apache-airflow: from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.2.2
- apache-airflow (PyPI): from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.2.2

## Description

The structure_data endpoint in the Airflow UI returned external dependency graph nodes for linked Dags without checking whether the caller had read permission on those linked Dags. An authenticated UI/API user authorized for one Dag could enumerate linked Dag IDs and dependency metadata for other Dags they were not authorized to read. Affects deployments that rely on per-Dag read scoping to keep Dag dependency topology private across teams. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on apache-airflow, upgrade to a fixed version (3.2.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/65342
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/s907bhsksc37m59f0loqjcp1ryobrr60

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