CVE-2023-50943
HIGHApache Airflow < 2.8.1 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data via XCom Poisoning
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory patch
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/36255
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/fx278v0twqzxkcts70tc04cp3f8p56pn
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0022
EPSS Percentile
43.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-502
Status
published
Products (2)
apache/airflow
< 2.8.1
pypi/apache-airflow
0 - 2.8.1rc1PyPI
Published
Jan 24, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026