CVE-2022-40954

Medium

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).

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductApache Airflow
PublishedNov 22, 2022
First seenNov 22, 2022

How to fix

Update
  • apache airflow2.3.0 or later
  • apache apache-airflow-providers-apache-spark4.0.0 or later
  • apache-airflow2.3.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
apache airflowv < 2.3.02.3.0
apache apache-airflow-providers-apache-sparkv < 4.0.04.0.0
apache-airflowPyPIv < 2.3.02.3.0

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CVE-2022-40954 · Apache Airflow · Dark Radar