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Reject consecutive dots in Dag and task IDs in the Task SDK - #70630

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Reject consecutive dots in Dag and task IDs in the Task SDK

Why

validate_key in the Task SDK does not block .. in Dag and task IDs. So DAG("a..b") and BaseOperator(task_id="a..b") are accepted, even when [core] allow_double_dot_in_ids is off. Core's validate_key already blocks this (added in #63296) to prevent path traversal, but the Task SDK has its own copy that never got the check.

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This adds the same check to the Task SDK validate_key, using the same allow_double_dot_in_ids flag and default. Both validators now behave the same.

This issue was reported to the security team, which confirmed that there are no additional security concerns.

related: #63296

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apache#63296 added a check that blocks `..` in IDs to prevent path traversal in
airflow.utils.helpers.validate_key, gated by [core] allow_double_dot_in_ids.
Dag and task authoring now use the Task SDK validate_key, which never got that
check, so IDs like a..b are accepted even when the flag is off. Add the same
check to the Task SDK validator so the two validators agree.
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