CVE-2022-40127

Apache Airflow <2.4.0 has an RCE in a bash example

A vulnerability in Example Dags of Apache Airflow allows an attacker with UI access who can trigger DAGs, to execute arbitrary commands via manually provided run_id parameter. This issue affects Apache Airflow Apache Airflow versions prior to 2.4.0.

Affected

Apache Software Foundation · Apache Airflow

CVSS v4.0 GitHub

8.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v3.1 NVD

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

85.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

Nuclei

high · CWE-94

Published

2022-11-14

Updated

2025-04-30

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• Mr-xn/CVE-2022-4012741★ · 2022-11-19
• jakabakos/CVE-2022-401272★ · 2023-08-03
• jakabakos/CVE-2022-40127-Airflow-RCE2★ · 2023-08-03

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-40127.yaml

Security advisories

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/14/2
• apache/airflow/pull/25960
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/cf132hgm6jvzvsbpsozl3plf1r4cwysy
• advisories/GHSA-6pw3-8h9w-32gc

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-7269
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