CVE-2022-40127 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2022-11-14

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 93.3% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apache Software Foundation

Apache Airflow

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Apache Airflow`	affected	< 2.4.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Do not enable example dags on systems that should not allow UI user to execute an arbitrary command.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-6pw3-8h9w-32gc	Apache Airflow vulnerable to OS Command Injection via example DAGs

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.93305.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/14/2
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/25960
https://lists.apache.org/thread/cf132hgm6jvzvsbpsozl3plf1r4cwysy

History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apache Airflow

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2022-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T18:58:45.160Z

Reserved: 2022-09-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40127

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:39.589Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-14T10:15:10.293

Modified: 2025-04-30T19:15:50.510

Link: CVE-2022-40127

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94

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