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CRITICALCVSS 9.8EPSS 3.3%

CVE-2022-38649

OS Command Injection in Apache Airflow

Published
2022-11-22
Modified
2026-10-26
EPSS percentile
89%
Aliases
GHSA-7wqf-h36w-47mc
Sources
github-advisory

Summary

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Airflow Pinot Provider, Apache Airflow allows an attacker to control commands executed in the task execution context, without write access to DAG files. This issue affects Apache Airflow Pinot Provider versions prior to 4.0.0. It also impacts any Apache Airflow versions prior to 2.3.0 in case Apache Airflow Pinot Provider is installed (Apache Airflow Pinot Provider 4.0.0 can only be installed for Airflow 2.3.0+). Note that you need to manually install the Pinot Provider version 4.0.0 in order to get rid of the vulnerability on top of Airflow 2.3.0+ version.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffected versionsFixed versions
PyPIapache-airflow—2.3.0

Remediation: Upgrade to 2.3.0 or later.

References

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EPSS scores provided by the FIRST.org Exploit Prediction Scoring System.