CVE-2026-50203
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
A path traversal in the SFTP provider (`SFTPHook.retrieve_directory` / `SFTPOperator(operation=get)`) let a malicious or compromised remote SFTP server write files outside the configured local destination directory via crafted directory-entry names. No Airflow account is required — the attack surface is any deployment downloading directories from an untrusted SFTP server. Upgrade `apache-airflow-providers-sftp` to 5.8.1 or later.
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.1
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-06-17 13:20:47.213000
Last modified
2026-10-26 11:10:00.157000
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"lastModified": "2026-10-26T11:10:00.157",
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