CVE-2026-45361

HIGH8.1

Apache Airflow Google provider: SSH host key verification disabled in ComputeEngineSSHHook (paramiko AutoAddPolicy default)

Published May 25, 2026

Modified 3 weeks ago

Details

Apache Airflow providers-google's ComputeEngineSSHHook disables SSH host-key verification by default, exposing SSH traffic between an Airflow worker and a Compute Engine VM to in-path network attackers who can intercept or modify the session. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow-providers-google 22.0.0 or later.

References

WEB

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/24/9

FIX

https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/66746

ADVISORY

https://lists.apache.org/thread/3lpj7ppwxp7jtp81rnxk75xvln7qd7h2?users@airflow.apache.org

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45361

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

8.1