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🛡️ CVE-2026-45361 — apache-airflow-providers-google

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-322 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Apache Airflow providers-google's ComputeEngineSSHHook disables SSH host-key verification by default

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-45361 is classified as CWE-322: Key Exchange without Entity Authentication. The product performs a key exchange with an actor without verifying the identity of that actor.

Affected software

CVE-2026-45361 is recorded against 1 package.

  • apache-airflow-providers-google (fixed in 22.0.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 26 May 2026 and last revised on 21 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 (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)

Other advisories for this package

apache-airflow-providers-google 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-322: Key Exchange without Entity Authentication) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-322
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-05-26
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-21

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
apache-airflow-providers-google 22.0.0

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