# CVE-2026-59243: Apache Airflow FAB provider: FAB auth manager: JWT signature verification disabled by default for Azure AD OAuth (\`verify\_signature\` defaults to \`False\`)

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 3.7.3
- Published: 2026-07-29 · Updated: 2026-09-16

## Affected

- apache-airflow-providers-fab: fixed in 3.7.3

## Description

The FAB auth manager's Azure AD OAuth login defaulted `verify_signature=False` when decoding the ID token, so an attacker able to present a forged or unsigned (`alg:none`) ID token to the OAuth callback could bypass authentication and log in as an arbitrary user, including one holding the Admin role (CWE-347). Deployments running the FAB auth manager with the Azure AD OAuth login path under its default configuration are affected; the Authentik path already defaulted to `True`. This issue affects `apache-airflow-providers-fab` before 3.7.3. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow-providers-fab` 3.7.3, which defaults `verify_signature=True`.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on apache-airflow-providers-fab, upgrade to a fixed version (3.7.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/69374
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/x4784l7z00tl3gw4tv2dmvoon77rxgpl
- https://github.com/0xdak/CVE-2026-59243_exploit
- https://github.com/MalHyuk/CVE-2026-59243

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