# CVE-2026-68982 — Apache Airflow

> As of 2026-11-10, CVE-2026-68982 is a vulnerability in Apache Airflow, EPSS 0.2% (21.1th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-68982, most recently “Apache Airflow CeleryExecutor Unauthenticated RCE via Forged Broker Callback (CVE-2026-68982)”.

**Last updated:** 2026-11-10

## What is CVE-2026-68982?

Apache Airflow's CeleryExecutor ran callback workloads (`ExecuteCallback`, used for deadline-alert callbacks) without validating the workload's authentication token. Anyone able to write to the Celery broker could enqueue a forged callback and execute arbitrary code on every CeleryExecutor worker, without Airflow credentials. Deployments using the CeleryExecutor are affected. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.4.0 or later, in which the worker claims the callback through the Execution API, validating the token, before running it.

The record classifies CVE-2026-68982 under weakness class [CWE-306](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-306). 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 2 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.1% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 0.8/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-11-09

## Is CVE-2026-68982 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 40 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [Apache Software Foundation](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/apache-software-foundation): Apache Airflow

## How to fix CVE-2026-68982

Patch reference: [https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/71192](https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/71192). Vendor advisory: [https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7t514l87nhjworv2ns22b8ltxr1f7rhg](https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7t514l87nhjworv2ns22b8ltxr1f7rhg). Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-68982

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-68982, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Apache Airflow CeleryExecutor Unauthenticated RCE via Forged Broker Callback (CVE-2026-68982)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-5642) — CRITICAL · 2026-11-10

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [github.com — patch](https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/71192)
- [lists.apache.org — vendor advisory](https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7t514l87nhjworv2ns22b8ltxr1f7rhg)

**Other references**

- [cve.org — related](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11981)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-68982
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