CVE-2025-57735
Apache Airflow 3.0.0 – 3.2.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NSummary
CVE-2025-57735 is a critical-severity Insufficient Session Expiration (CWE-613) vulnerability in Apache Airflow. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Browser Session Hijacking (T1185); ranked at the 49th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-12 (Session Termination) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-57735 is an insufficient session expiration vulnerability (CWE-613) affecting Apache Airflow versions prior to 3.2. In these versions, when a user logs out, their JWT authentication token is not invalidated, allowing the token to potentially be reused if intercepted by an attacker. The issue has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N), indicating critical severity due to high impacts on confidentiality and integrity.
The vulnerability can be exploited by any network-accessible attacker capable of intercepting a user's JWT token, such as through network sniffing if communications are not properly secured with HTTPS. No privileges, user interaction, or special conditions are required beyond token capture. Successful exploitation enables the attacker to reuse the valid token for unauthorized access, impersonating the legitimate user and potentially compromising sensitive data or performing actions on their behalf.
Apache Airflow advisories recommend upgrading to version 3.2.0 or later, which implements proper JWT token invalidation upon logout. Relevant mitigation details and patches are documented in GitHub pull requests #56633 and #61339, as well as announcements on the Apache mailing lists and oss-security.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-209371
Vulnerability Data
When user logged out, the JWT token the user had authtenticated with was not invalidated, which could lead to reuse of that token in case it was intercepted. In Airflow 3.2 we implemented the mechanism that implements token invalidation at…
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logout. Users who are concerned about the logout scenario and possibility of intercepting the tokens, should upgrade to Airflow 3.2+ Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.0, which fixes this issue.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
AC-12 directly requires automatic session termination after a defined period, structurally preventing reuse of expired session identifiers.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Credential lifecycle management directly includes enforcing session expiration to prevent reuse.
Authorization policy enforcement and review covers terminating stale sessions to limit access scope.
Authentication mechanisms can incorporate session timeout checks but do not inherently address expiration policy.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Automatic termination of inactive sessions and limits on connection duration shrink the window during which a hijacked or unattended authenticated session can be exploited.