CVE-2026-49298
JWTs exposed in pods via KubernetesExecutor enable Execution API abuse.
Is CVE-2026-49298 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-49298 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.49% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-49298?
CVE-2026-49298 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-49298?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-49298. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-49298 affect?
CVE-2026-49298 affects Apache Airflow (KubernetesExecutor). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-49298?
Upgrade to Airflow 3.2.2+ and provider 10.17.0+, then redeploy.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Kubernetes read-only user can harvest JWTs from pod output and mutate Execution API (trigger/clear DAGs, read/write vars/XComs).
Patch when possible
- affected< 3.2.2
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.