Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-41016
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 3.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.9
Products affected by CVE-2026-41016
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.10.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.10.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.10.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.10.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.10.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.11.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.7.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.9.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.9.3