Apache Airflow: Path of session token in cookie does not consider base_url - session hijacking via co-hosted applications

Description

Apache Airflow versions 3.1.0 through 3.1.7 session token (_token) in cookies is set to path=/ regardless of the configured [webserver] base_url or [api] base_url.
This allows any application co-hosted under the same domain to capture valid Airflow session tokens from HTTP request headers, allowing full session takeover without attacking Airflow itself.

Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.1.8 or later, which resolves this issue.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
high
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Published (advisory)
2026-03-17 12:30:20 UTC
Updated
2026-06-05 14:26:14 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2026-03-18 16:32:54 UTC
NVD published
2026-03-17

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.03% 9.11%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
7.5 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
pip apache-airflow >= 3.0.0, < 3.1.8 3.1.8

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence