Apache Airflow FAB provider: resetting a user's password does not delete that user's existing database-backed sessions, despite documented behaviour that it does. The cleanup compares the string identifier Flask-Login stores in the session against the user's integer database identifier, so the comparison never matches and no session is removed. An attacker who already holds a copy of the victim's session cookie keeps access as that user after the password change, so the reset does not evict them.
Affects deployments using the FAB auth manager with `[fab] session_backend=database`. The trigger is an administrator (or the user) running the supported password-reset command as a containment action after a session cookie has been compromised; the secure-cookie backend is out of scope, as it documents that it cannot centrally delete sessions.
apache-airflow-providers-fab 3.9.0 also fixes CVE-2026-86462, a second, independent route to the same outcome via the Admin user-edit endpoint; a single upgrade closes both.
Users of apache-airflow-providers-fab are recommended to upgrade to version 3.9.0 or later, which compares the identifiers consistently.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72198 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread/mmplwl93shy615shkpp9p4fzyjvr4yqw | Mailing List Vendor Advisory |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread/mmplwl93shy615shkpp9p4fzyjvr4yqw?users@airflow.apache.org | Mailing List |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-86462 | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
18 Sep 2026, 14:28
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Apache
Apache apache-airflow-providers-fab |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:apache:apache-airflow-providers-fab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72198 - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://lists.apache.org/thread/mmplwl93shy615shkpp9p4fzyjvr4yqw - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://lists.apache.org/thread/mmplwl93shy615shkpp9p4fzyjvr4yqw?users@airflow.apache.org - Mailing List | |
| References | () https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-86462 - Third Party Advisory |
17 Sep 2026, 20:18
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v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.8 |
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Information
Published : 2026-09-16 09:17
Updated : 2026-09-18 14:28
NVD link : CVE-2026-82311
Mitre link : CVE-2026-82311
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-82311
JSON object : View
Products Affected
apache
- apache-airflow-providers-fab
CWE
CWE-613
Insufficient Session Expiration
