# CVE-2026-86462: Apache Airflow FAB provider: FAB Admin password PATCH does not invalidate database-backed sessions

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.9.0
- Published: 2026-09-16 · Updated: 2026-09-17

## Affected

- apache-airflow-providers-fab: from 3.2.0, fixed in 3.9.0

## Description

Apache Airflow FAB provider: changing a user's password through the Admin user-edit PATCH endpoint does not invalidate that user's existing database-backed sessions. An attacker who already holds a copy of the victim's session cookie keeps full access as that user after the password change, so the password reset does not evict them. Affects deployments using the FAB auth manager with database-backed sessions; an administrator (or the user themselves) performing a routine password change is the trigger, and no attacker interaction with the endpoint is needed. This is a second, independent route to the outcome addressed by CVE-2026-82311, which corrected an identifier comparison in the session-invalidation helper. That fix does not repair this endpoint, because the PATCH path never calls the helper at all. Deployments that applied the CVE-2026-82311 fix must also upgrade for this one. Users of apache-airflow-providers-fab are recommended to upgrade to version 3.9.0 or later, which fixes the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on apache-airflow-providers-fab, upgrade to a fixed version (3.9.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72657
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/7sr4sggfv5fhhl3qgphcq0rlhg81do1s?users@airflow.apache.org
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-82311
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/7sr4sggfv5fhhl3qgphcq0rlhg81do1s

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