PatchTheCEVCVE-2026-68871: The Yandex Lockbox secrets backend in Apache Airflow's Yandex provider resolved a team-scoped Connection or Va
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MEDIUM 6.5WATCHLISTUPGRADE
CVE-2026-68871 is a medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.5) affecting apache-airflow-providers-apache-yandex. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.
The Yandex Lockbox secrets backend in Apache Airflow's Yandex provider resolved a team-scoped Connection or Variable id through the team-agnostic lookup when the team-scoped lookup missed. In a deployment running multi-team mode with this backend, a caller in one team could resolve a secret belonging to another team by supplying an id that spells out that team's namespace, obtaining its credentials in full. No unusual configuration is required be
Why this priority
- On your watchlist
A fixed release or distro patch exists.
Risk facts
| CVSS score | 6.5 (Medium) |
| Attack vector | Network (remote) |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges needed | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| EPSS exploit chance | 0.4% (top 71%) |
| CISA exploited list | No |
| Weakness | CWE-639 |
| Published | 2026-08-10 |
| Last modified | 2026-10-23 |
Publisher (CNA): Apache Software Foundation · Vendor: apache
Am I affected?
Timeline
- Published CVE record published
- Updated Record last modified
apache apache-airflow-providers-apache-yandex UPGRADE
Affected: < 4.5.1
Fixed in: 4.5.1
Safe to downgrade to: no unaffected older release
1. Check installed version
apt-cache policy apache-airflow-providers-apache-yandex || rpm -q apache-airflow-providers-apache-yandex || apache-airflow-providers-apache-yandex --version
2. UPGRADE to 4.5.1 (Debian / Ubuntu)
sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade apache-airflow-providers-apache-yandex
2. UPGRADE (RHEL / Amazon Linux / Fedora)
sudo dnf upgrade apache-airflow-providers-apache-yandex
Note
Distros often backport fixes without changing the version number. Confirm with the distro advisory or changelog.
Exact fixes by distribution
Python (pip) · apache-airflow-providers-yandex · FIXED · 4.5.1 · vulnerable: < 4.5.1 · source
pip install --upgrade "apache-airflow-providers-yandex>=4.5.1"
pip show apache-airflow-providers-yandex
Fedora 46 · clementine · FIXED · 1.4.2-1.fc46 · FEDORA-2026-3e748ef4d3 · source
sudo dnf upgrade --advisory=FEDORA-2026-3e748ef4d3
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