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Key Exchange without Entity Authentication

CVE-2026-45361

Severity High
Score 8.1/10

Summary

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.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-322 - Key Exchange without Entity Authentication

The software performs a key exchange with an actor without verifying the identity of that actor.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published