CVE-2022-40604 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Apache Airflow 2.3.0 through 2.3.4, part of a url was unnecessarily formatted, allowing for possible information extraction.

Published: 2022-09-21

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apache Software Foundation

Apache Airflow

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 2.4.0
`2.3.0`	affected	< unspecified

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-0010	In Apache Airflow 2.3.0 through 2.3.4, part of a url was unnecessarily formatted, allowing for possible information extraction.
Github GHSA	GHSA-5rp4-749p-vx26	Apache Airflow vulnerable to Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00676.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/26337
https://lists.apache.org/thread/z20x8m16fnhxdkoollv53w1ybsts687t

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00405}`	epss `{'score': 0.00416}`

Tue, 27 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Apache Airflow

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2022-09-21T07:25:11.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-27T18:20:24.284Z

Reserved: 2022-09-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40604

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:21:46.082Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-21T08:15:08.910

Modified: 2025-05-27T19:15:23.160

Link: CVE-2022-40604

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-134

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