Auth bypass in Airbytehq Airbyte-Platform
CVE-2026-80049
Airbyte Platform resolves the workspace used for its authorization decision from a field the caller supplies. AuthorizationServerHandler copies recognised identifiers out of the raw JSON request body into X-Airbyte-* headers, and AuthenticationHeaderResolver.resolveWorkspace consults X-Airbyte-Workspace-Id ahead of every resource-derived header, including those for connection, source and destination identifiers. Endpoints whose declared request bodies carry only a resource identifier are nonetheless reached with an added workspaceId field, because the extractor reads the body rather than the endpoint's schema, so the permission check is performed against the workspace the caller nominated while the handler acts on the resource identifier the caller supplied. Nothing afterwards compares the resource's owning workspace with the one that was authorized. A member of any workspace can therefore read source and destination configuration, trigger and cancel syncs, and delete connections, sources and destinations that belong to workspaces they have no access to, at whatever privilege level their own workspace membership grants them.
Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (35.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 35.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/airbytehq/airbyte-platform (product)
- github.com/geo-chen/oss/blob/main/airbyte-platform.md (technical-description, exploit)
- github.com/airbytehq/airbyte-platform/blob/v2.0.0/airbyte-commons-server/src/ma… (technical-description)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/airbyte-platform-through-2.0.0-cross-workspace-aut… (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-80049?
- CVE-2026-80049 is a high-severity vulnerability in Airbytehq Airbyte-Platform, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-08-25.
- How severe is CVE-2026-80049?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.