Open redirect in Apache Airflow
Priority LOW 31CWE-601Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-601.
Summary
In Apache Airflow 2.3.0 through 2.3.4, there was an open redirect in the webserver's `/confirm` endpoint.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01744 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation): 2.4.0apache-airflow (PyPI): 2.4.0rc1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache Airflow | before 2.4.0; 2.3.0 and later | 2.4.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | apache-airflow (PyPI) | 2.3.0 to before 2.4.0rc1 | 2.4.0rc1 | Patch available | GHSA-4fg5-j4mm-wfpg |
- Apache Airflow VendorApache Affected before 2.4.0; 2.3.0 and later Fixed in 2.4.0 Patch available CNA
- apache-airflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.3.0 to before 2.4.0rc1 Fixed in 2.4.0rc1 Patch available GHSA-4fg5-j4mm-wfpg
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 2.4.0
- Fix · GHSA-4fg5-j4mm-wfpg apache-airflow (PyPI) Fixed in 2.4.0rc1 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Apache Airflow 2.4.0, unspecified
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2022-19255 Format String VulnerabilityPriority LOW 37
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-40754
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4fg5-j4mm-wfpg
References
Advisory 2
More Apache Airflow vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-10905 Missing authentication in Apache Airflow KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-09638 OS command injection in Apache Airflow KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-19017 Apache Airflow <2.4.0 has an RCE in a bash example CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-16140 Apache Airflow: Variable Import endpoint missed authentication check CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-08169 Apache Airflow: RCE in example DAGs CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-26776 Apache Airflow: DAG Author Code Execution possibility in airflow-scheduler CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-40754 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-40754 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4fg5-j4mm-wfpg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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