CVE-2026-41016
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 19 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-x8mh-94wc-33gvapache-airflow-providers-smtp: No certificate validation on SMTP STARTTLS connections in SMTP provider2026-04-30ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2026-242026-04-30vendor · osvUS
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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references (6)
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread/gb202qy5r31bgdd3d51d7s5o1jh40kc4Patchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41016cnnvd
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/65346enisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/gb202qy5r31bgdd3d51d7s5o1jh40kc4enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/65346Issue TrackingPatchnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/gb202qy5r31bgdd3d51d7s5o1jh40kc4Mailing ListVendor Advisorynvd
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