Apache Airflow Apache Kafka provider versions 1.15.0 before 2.0.0 resolve dotted-path strings found in a Kafka connection's `extra` field into Python callables via `import_string`, with no allowlist, and hand them to the confluent-kafka client which invokes them. Deployments that have enabled the Kafka event producer — `dag_run_events_enabled` or `task_instance_events_enabled`, both disabled by default — build that client inside the scheduler process, so a user whose only privilege is editing Airflow connections gains arbitrary code execution in the control plane; the Airflow security model limits connection-configuration users to code execution on workers, not the scheduler. Deployments using Google Managed Kafka are not affected, because that code path overwrites any user-supplied `oauth_cb`; plain brokers and Amazon MSK are exposed. Users are recommended to upgrade to apache-airflow-providers-apache-kafka 2.0.0 or later, which adds an allowlist configuration option for connection-string callbacks.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72208 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread/jl4gpok02313yh3rvtvj8qbo11c6zpr2 | Mailing List Vendor Advisory |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread/jl4gpok02313yh3rvtvj8qbo11c6zpr2?users@airflow.apache.org | Mailing List Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/15/15 | Mailing List Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
18 Sep 2026, 14:30
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:apache:apache-airflow-providers-apache-kafka:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72208 - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://lists.apache.org/thread/jl4gpok02313yh3rvtvj8qbo11c6zpr2 - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://lists.apache.org/thread/jl4gpok02313yh3rvtvj8qbo11c6zpr2?users@airflow.apache.org - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/15/15 - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory | |
| First Time |
Apache
Apache apache-airflow-providers-apache-kafka |
17 Sep 2026, 20:18
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.8 |
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Information
Published : 2026-09-16 10:16
Updated : 2026-09-18 14:30
NVD link : CVE-2026-86792
Mitre link : CVE-2026-86792
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-86792
JSON object : View
Products Affected
apache
- apache-airflow-providers-apache-kafka
CWE
CWE-470
Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection')
