# CVE-2026-68872: Apache Airflow Amazon provider: amazon SSM / Secrets Manager backends: team-scope guard bypass resolves another team's Connection or Variable

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-3713
- 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: 9.34.0
- Published: 2026-08-10 · Updated: 2026-09-16

## Affected

- apache-airflow-providers-amazon: fixed in 9.34.0
- apache-airflow-providers-amazon (PyPI): fixed in 9.34.0

## Description

The AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store and Secrets Manager backends in Apache Airflow's Amazon provider resolved a team-scoped Connection or Variable id through the team-agnostic lookup when the team-scoped lookup missed. In a deployment running multi-team mode with either backend, a caller in one team could resolve a secret belonging to another team by supplying an id that spells out that team's namespace, obtaining its credentials in full. No unusual configuration is required beyond enabling multi-team mode and using one of these backends. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow-providers-amazon 9.34.0 or later, which refuses the team-agnostic fall-through for an id that could name a team namespace.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on apache-airflow-providers-amazon, upgrade to a fixed version (9.34.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70878
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/9nd31g40rd2zpgwwymskvjpfq1xnmllg

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