GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-fcmm-42r9-mmmm Apache Airflow XCom API permits unsafe deserialization through JSON string literals

MEDIUM Published 2026-08-12 Modified 2026-10-02 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-59242
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
apache-airflow
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-502
Reviewed
2026-10-02

Affected packages

• PyPI apache-airflow: < 3.3.1 → fixed in 3.3.1

Description

Apache Airflow's XCom `GET /api/v2/{...}/xcomEntries/{key}?deserialize=true` endpoint passed a string-literal payload through `BaseXCom.deserialize_value` without the `_check_forbidden_xcom_keys` guard, allowing an authenticated API user with XCom write-and-read access to instantiate arbitrary `airflow.*` classes on the API server (CWE-502). An authenticated user who can write an XCom value and then read it back with `deserialize=true` triggers the unsafe instantiation. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later, which rejects reserved XCom serialization keys submitted as JSON string literals.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-59242 Apache Airflow's XCom `GET /api/v2/{...}/xcomEntries/{key}?deserialize=true` endpoint passed a string-literal payload through… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data weakness

References