CVE-2026-68868: Apache Airflow Google provider: google Secret Manager backend: team scope is never applied, exposing every team's Connections and Variables

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-08-12 · updated 2026-10-24
Weakness: CWE-1220

Description

The Google Cloud Secret Manager secrets backend in Apache Airflow's Google provider never applied the team scope when resolving Connections and Variables: the caller's `team_name` was accepted by the backend but dropped at the internal call boundary, so every lookup resolved against the team-agnostic secret name. In a deployment running multi-team mode with this backend, a task or Dag belonging to one team resolved another team's Connection or Variable, obtaining its credentials in full. No unusual configuration is required beyond enabling multi-team mode and using this backend. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow-providers-google 22.3.0 or later, which builds and applies the team-scoped secret name.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Google provider: before 22.3.0 — fixed in 22.3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Google provider 22.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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