# CVE-2026-42526: Apache Airflow Amazon provider: Prevent unauthorized access to team-scoped secrets in AWS Secrets Manager and SSM Parameter Store backends

- Also known as: GHSA-G9QC-QF28-HHQX, PYSEC-2026-595
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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: 9.28.0
- Published: 2026-05-19 · Updated: 2026-05-19

## Affected

- apache-airflow-providers-amazon: fixed in 9.28.0
- apache-airflow-providers-amazon (PyPI): fixed in 9.28.0

## Description

In the AWS Secrets Manager and SSM Parameter Store secrets backends of `apache-airflow-providers-amazon` prior to 9.28.0, the team-scoping logic could resolve a `conn_id` containing a `/` (e.g. `"my_team/conn"`) to the same path as another team's team-scoped secret when the caller had no team context. A privileged caller without team context could therefore retrieve another team's secret by crafting a colliding `conn_id`. Fixed in 9.28.0 by switching the team-scope separator to `--` and rejecting team-shaped `conn_id`s when team context is absent. Affects the experimental multi-tenant teams feature only. Users are recommended to upgrade to `apache-airflow-providers-amazon` 9.28.0, which fixes the issue.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/65703
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/0092sz5g520d3qqjb01wd61myqlgjtyn

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