Description
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Airflow Spark Provider, Apache Airflow allows an attacker to read arbtrary files in the task execution context, without write access to DAG files. This issue affects Spark Provider versions prior to 4.0.0. It also impacts any Apache Airflow versions prior to 2.3.0 in case Spark Provider is installed (Spark Provider 4.0.0 can only be installed for Airflow 2.3.0+). Note that you need to manually install the Spark Provider version 4.0.0 in order to get rid of the vulnerability on top of Airflow 2.3.0+ version that has lower version of the Spark Provider installed).
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/27646
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/0tmdlnmjs5t4gsx5fy73tb6zd3jztq45
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0113
EPSS Percentile
78.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-78
Status
published
Products (3)
apache/airflow
< 2.3.0
apache/apache-airflow-providers-apache-spark
< 4.0.0
pypi/apache-airflow
0 - 2.3.0PyPI
Published
Nov 22, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026