# CVE-2026-68868: Apache Airflow Google provider: google Secret Manager backend: team scope is never applied, exposing every team's Connections and Variables

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-3714
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 22.3.0
- Published: 2026-08-12 · Updated: 2026-09-16

## Affected

- apache-airflow-providers-google: fixed in 22.3.0
- apache-airflow-providers-google (PyPI): fixed in 22.3.0

## Description

The Google Cloud Secret Manager secrets backend in Apache Airflow's Google provider never applied the team scope when resolving Connections and Variables: the caller's `team_name` was accepted by the backend but dropped at the internal call boundary, so every lookup resolved against the team-agnostic secret name. In a deployment running multi-team mode with this backend, a task or Dag belonging to one team resolved another team's Connection or Variable, obtaining its credentials in full. No unusual configuration is required beyond enabling multi-team mode and using this backend. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow-providers-google 22.3.0 or later, which builds and applies the team-scoped secret name.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70869
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/03h5y0fmqlh0yf055zlocxh591ozx69x

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