Vulnerability in Apache (CVE-2026-81914)
Summary
Vulnerability in Apache (CVE-2026-81914). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via gcs_to_gdrive.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Apache Airflow's Google provider built Google Drive search expressions by interpolating file and folder names directly into single-quoted string literals, without escaping the quote character that delimits them. A name containing an apostrophe therefore terminated the literal early and appended clauses of the attacker's choosing to the query.
The names are frequently not written by the Dag author. In a wildcard gcs_to_gdrive transfer they come from the source bucket listing, so anyone able to create objects in that bucket controls them — typically an external data producer or an ingest-only service account, a different trust principal from the Dag author. An injected clause can broaden the match and so steer which file or folder the hook resolves: an upload can be directed into a folder the attacker named, and, because downloads select the most recently modified match, a download can return a file they placed rather than the one the Dag asked for.
Affects deployments passing externally-sourced names to the Google Drive hook, including wildcard gcs_to_gdrive transfers from buckets writable by less-trusted principals. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow-providers-google 22.6.0 or later, which escapes quote and backslash characters in every value interpolated into a Drive query.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-81914 has been found in Apache.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like gcs_to_gdrive over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Apache CVE-2026-81914" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-81914 (Apache) — CWE-943 / CVSS v3 4.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Attack surface: gcs_to_gdrive
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-943) exists in Apache. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via gcs_to_gdrive.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Apache. Attack surface: gcs_to_gdrive.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Apache' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Apache' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Apacheを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory openwall.com
- exploit security@apache.org
- patch security@apache.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com