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

Medium · CVSS 6.5CVE-2026-68868

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

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-68868 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in Apache Airflow Google provider: google Secret Manager backend: team scope is never applied, exposing every team's Connections and Variables. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Apache Software Foundation/Apache Airflow Google provider (generic), apache-airflow-providers-google (pypi). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Aug 12, 2026Updated Sep 16, 2026Source checked Sep 26, 2026First seen by HOL Aug 12, 2026Material review Sep 16, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Medium · CVSS 6.5
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 3 mapped packages or products
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 6.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps Apache Software Foundation/Apache Airflow Google provider (generic), apache-airflow-providers-google (pypi). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Affected products and reported versions
Product	Affected versions	Fixed versions
cpe:2.3:a:apache:apache-airflow-providers-google::::::::	Not reported	Not reported

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
Apache Software Foundation/Apache Airflow Google providergeneric	>=0 <22.3.0	22.3.0
apache-airflow-providers-googlepypi	>=0 <22.3.0	22.3.0

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for Apache Software Foundation/Apache Airflow Google provider, apache-airflow-providers-google.
Review the reported fix. Update Apache Software Foundation/Apache Airflow Google provider to 22.3.0; apache-airflow-providers-google to 22.3.0 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Aug 12, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Sep 16, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Aug 12, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source 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.

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