CVE-2026-86462
CRITICALDescription
Apache Airflow FAB provider: changing a user's password through the Admin user-edit PATCH endpoint does not invalidate that user's existing database-backed sessions. An attacker who already holds a copy of the victim's session cookie keeps full access as that user after the password change, so the password reset does not evict them. Affects deployments using the FAB auth manager with database-backed sessions; an administrator (or the user themselves) performing a routine password change is the trigger, and no attacker interaction with the endpoint is needed. This is a second, independent route to the outcome addressed by CVE-2026-82311, which corrected an identifier comparison in the session-invalidation helper. That fix does not repair this endpoint, because the PATCH path never calls the helper at all. Deployments that applied the CVE-2026-82311 fix must also upgrade for this one. Users of apache-airflow-providers-fab are recommended to upgrade to version 3.9.0 or later, which fixes the issue.
How to fix
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
EPSS data unavailable for this CVE.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
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| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2014-2595 | Critical | 9.8 | 17% | - | - |
| CVE-2023-30403 | High | 7.5 | 14% | - | - |
| CVE-2020-27422 | Critical | 9.8 | 7.9% | - | - |
| CVE-2014-3616 | Medium | 4.3 | 5.7% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2021-3144 | Critical | 9.1 | 5.2% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2021-24019 | High | 8.1 | 3.9% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2026-86462?
Upgrade apache-airflow-providers-fab to 3.9.0 or later.
How severe is CVE-2026-86462?
CVE-2026-86462 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2026-86462 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for apache-airflow-providers-fab (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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