CVE-2023-50943

HIGH

Apache Airflow < 2.8.1 - Insecure Deserialization

Title source: rule

Description

Apache Airflow, versions before 2.8.1, have a vulnerability that allows a potential attacker to poison the XCom data by bypassing the protection of "enable_xcom_pickling=False" configuration setting resulting in poisoned data after XCom deserialization. This vulnerability is considered low since it requires a DAG author to exploit it. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.8.1 or later, which fixes this issue.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 51.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-502
Status published

Affected Products (2)

apache/airflow < 2.8.1
pypi/apache-airflow < 2.8.1rc1PyPI

Timeline

Published Jan 24, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026