CVE-2022-40127

Apache Airflow <2.4.0 has an RCE in a bash example

State: Published
Severity: 8.8 High
Published: Nov 14, 2022
Updated: Apr 30, 2025
Reserved: Sep 6, 2022

Description

A vulnerability in Example Dags of Apache Airflow allows an attacker with UI access who can trigger DAGs, to execute arbitrary commands via manually provided run_id parameter. This issue affects Apache Airflow Apache Airflow versions prior to 2.4.0.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Apache AirflowApache Software Foundation	Apache Airflow to before 2.4.0Affected

References

https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/25960
https://lists.apache.org/thread/cf132hgm6jvzvsbpsozl3plf1r4cwysy
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