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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| 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. | |
| Title | Apache Airflow Providers SMTP: No certificate validation on SMTP STARTTLS connections in SMTP provider | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-295 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apache
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-30T09:09:45.529Z
Reserved: 2026-04-16T02:38:58.158Z
Link: CVE-2026-41016
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-30T10:16:01.930
Modified: 2026-04-30T10:16:01.930
Link: CVE-2026-41016
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