Relative Path Traversal Affecting apache-airflow-providers-sftp package, versions [,5.8.1)
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- published17 Jun 2026
- disclosed17 Jun 2026
- creditsecuholic, Venkatraman Kumar
Introduced: 17 Jun 2026
CVE-2026-50203 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade apache-airflow-providers-sftp to version 5.8.1 or higher.
Overview
apache-airflow-providers-sftp is a Provider package apache-airflow-providers-sftp for Apache Airflow
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Relative Path Traversal via the SFTPHook.retrieve_directory() and SFTPHook.retrieve_directory_concurrently() functions. An attacker can cause arbitrary files to be written outside the intended destination directory by supplying specially crafted directory-entry names from a malicious or compromised remote SFTP server.