How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability low.
CVSS metrics in full
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
- Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
- Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
- User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
- Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
- Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
- Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
- Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
Weakness class
CVE-2026-27173 is classified as CWE-538: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory. The product places sensitive information into files or directories that are accessible to actors who are allowed to have access to the files, but not to the sensitive information.
Affected software
CVE-2026-27173 is recorded against 1 package.
- apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes (fixed in 10.17.0)
Timeline and source
Published on 13 July 2026 and last revised on 24 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from OSV.
References
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
lists.apache.org (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)
pypi.org (Package)
github.com (Advisory)
Other advisories for this package
apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
Same weakness in other software
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-538: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory) in other software:
