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TI-2026-47565 Aliases CVE-2026-67260GHSA-q4c3-7575-55j2

Apache Airflow: DAG-author remote code execution on the Scheduler via awaiting_input next_kwargs deserialization

Priority LOW 39CWE-502Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-502.

Summary

Apache Airflow 3.3.0 moved human-in-the-loop tasks from the triggerer to a new `awaiting_input` task state swept by the scheduler. That sweep deserializes the task instance's `next_kwargs` without an allow-list, so a Dag author — who controls that value through the task execution API — can cause an arbitrary module import and object instantiation inside the scheduler process, or terminate the scheduler job. No non-default configuration is required: the sweep runs unconditionally every 15 seconds, and the default `allowed_deserialization_classes` setting does not cover this code path. Versions before 3.3.0 are not affected, because human-in-the-loop tasks deferred onto the triggerer instead. This is a different code path from CVE-2026-58076, which covers the same unguarded exception-node deserialization reached elsewhere — deployments that applied that fix must upgrade for this issue as well. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00779 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation): 3.3.1apache-airflow (PyPI): 3.3.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ApacheApache Airflow3.3.0 to before 3.3.13.3.1Patch availableCNA
—apache-airflow (PyPI)3.3.0 to before 3.3.13.3.1Patch availableGHSA-q4c3-7575-55j2
  • Apache Airflow VendorApache Affected 3.3.0 to before 3.3.1 Fixed in 3.3.1 Patch available CNA
  • apache-airflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 3.3.0 to before 3.3.1 Fixed in 3.3.1 Patch available GHSA-q4c3-7575-55j2

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.3.0 to before 3.3.1VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3.0 to before 3.3.1 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 3.3.1
  • Fix · GHSA-q4c3-7575-55j2 apache-airflow (PyPI) Fixed in 3.3.1 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Apache Airflow 3.3.1

    12 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 10 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-47748 Apache Airflow: DAG-author remote code execution on the Scheduler via a Serde `Callback` deserialization gadgetPriority MEDIUM 41
    • TI-2026-41827 Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache AirflowPriority MEDIUM 41
    • TI-2026-48479 Apache Airflow: Authorization bypass in the Backfill API through conflicting interpretations of the backfill idPriority LOW 33
    Show all 12 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-67260
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q4c3-7575-55j2
  3. 2026-10-07 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  4. 2026-11-03 Fix available: [email protected] · CNA

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 6

  • 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
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Sources

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