apache/airflow · Security
apache-airflow-providers-smtp: No certificate validation on SMTP STARTTLS connections in SMTP provider
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-x8mh-94wc-33gv
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-41016
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 5.9 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 5.9 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
Apache Airflow's SMTP provider SmtpHook called Python's smtplib.SMTP.starttls() without an SSL context, so no certificate validation was performed on the TLS upgrade. A man-in-the-middle between the Airflow worker and the SMTP server could present a self-signed certificate, complete the STARTTLS upgrade, and capture the SMTP credentials sent during the subsequent login() call. Users are advised to upgrade to the apache-airflow-providers-smtp version that contains the fix.
CWEs
- CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41016 ↗
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/65346 ↗
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/gb202qy5r31bgdd3d51d7s5o1jh40kc4 ↗
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow-providers-smtp/PYSEC-2026-24.yaml ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x8mh-94wc-33gv ↗