GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-8prw-8m6x-8w6f Apache Airflow exception-node deserialization permits arbitrary callable execution

HIGH Published 2026-08-12 Modified 2026-10-02 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-58076
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
apache-airflow
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-502
Reviewed
2026-10-02

Affected packages

• PyPI apache-airflow: >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.1 → fixed in 3.3.1

Description

Apache Airflow's serialization layer reconstructed exception nodes by calling `import_string()` on a class name taken from the serialized blob and instantiating it with arguments from the same blob, with no restriction on what could be imported. An operator's `executor_config` reaches that branch, so a Dag author could place a value there that causes an arbitrary callable to be imported and invoked -- for example `subprocess.check_output`, or `builtins.eval` on the `builtins`-prefixed variant. The code runs in the Scheduler, which reconstructs serialized Dags in its normal loop with no request involved, and in the API server, on any authenticated read of the Dag such as `GET /api/v2/dags/{dag_id}/details`. Both are components the Airflow security model states must never execute Dag-author code, and both hold the metadata database credentials and the JWT signing secret. No non-default configuration is required. This is a different sink from CVE-2026-33264, which covered only the trigger branch of the same deserializer: deployments that upgraded in response to that advisory are still affected through the exception branch and must upgrade again. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later, which restricts the imported class to a subclass of `BaseException`.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-58076 Apache Airflow's serialization layer reconstructed exception nodes by calling `import_string()` on a class name taken from the serialized… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data weakness

References