Apache Airflow Keycloak provider: the unauthenticated token endpoint accepts a client-credentials grant for any confidential client registered in the Keycloak realm, not only the client configured for Airflow. No allowlist restricts which client ids may authenticate, so the credentials of an unrelated application that happens to share the realm are valid Airflow login credentials, and Airflow mints a signed session token for that application's service account. The endpoint also answers unauthenticated credential guesses against Keycloak under Airflow's identity.
Affects deployments using the Keycloak auth manager whose realm is shared with other confidential clients. The attacker needs valid credentials for any one of those clients, not for Airflow. Resource authorization is still evaluated per subject, so the access gained is whatever that service account holds, plus any endpoint gated only on being authenticated.
Users of apache-airflow-providers-keycloak are recommended to upgrade to version 0.10.0 or later, which accepts only the configured client on that grant.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72205 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread/5cqh5ojl3718ogb0q1dcd9vdr47z7gp3 | Mailing List |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread/j1b9ddljxphqvoc41z7gthj4zh34vmlw?users@airflow.apache.org | Mailing List |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/15/9 | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
18 Sep 2026, 14:27
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:apache:apache-airflow-providers-keycloak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| First Time |
Apache
Apache apache-airflow-providers-keycloak |
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| References | () https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72205 - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://lists.apache.org/thread/5cqh5ojl3718ogb0q1dcd9vdr47z7gp3 - Mailing List | |
| References | () https://lists.apache.org/thread/j1b9ddljxphqvoc41z7gthj4zh34vmlw?users@airflow.apache.org - Mailing List | |
| References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/15/9 - Third Party Advisory |
17 Sep 2026, 20:18
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.8 |
16 Sep 2026, 15:17
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| References |
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Information
Published : 2026-09-16 10:16
Updated : 2026-09-18 14:27
NVD link : CVE-2026-76187
Mitre link : CVE-2026-76187
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-76187
JSON object : View
Products Affected
apache
- apache-airflow-providers-keycloak
CWE
CWE-287
Improper Authentication
