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.

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