{"@context":"https://openvex.dev/ns/v0.2.0","@id":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-50203/vex.json","author":"HarborGuard Database","role":"Document Creator","timestamp":"2026-06-17T14:56:45.456Z","version":1,"tooling":"HarborGuard Database (https://database.harborguard.co)","statements":[{"vulnerability":{"name":"CVE-2026-50203","@id":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50203","description":"A path traversal in the SFTP provider (`SFTPHook.retrieve_directory` / `SFTPOperator(operation=get)`) let a malicious or compromised remote SFTP server write files outside the configured local destination directory via crafted directory-entry names. No Airflow account is required — the attack surface is any deployment downloading directories from an untrusted SFTP server. Upgrade `apache-airflow-providers-sftp` to 5.8.1 or later."},"products":[{"@id":"cpe:2.3:a:apache_software_foundation:apache_airflow_sftp_provider:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","identifiers":{"cpe23":"cpe:2.3:a:apache_software_foundation:apache_airflow_sftp_provider:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}],"status":"affected","action_statement":"Update to a fixed version: 5.8.1.","timestamp":"2026-06-17T14:56:45.456Z"}]}