CVE-2026-41016

CVE-2026-41016: Apache Airflow Providers SMTP: No certificate validation on SMTP STARTTLS connections in SMTP provider

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Airflow Providers SMTP
Weakness CWE-295
Published April 30, 2026
Last update April 30, 2026

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What the vulnerability does

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.

Key dates

Disclosure timeline

April 30, 2026 CVE published
April 30, 2026 Record updated