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CVE

CVE-2026-33264

Apache Airflow: DAG author RCE on webserver via unrestricted import_string() in BaseSerialization.deserialize()
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CVE

CVE-2026-33264

Apache Airflow: DAG author RCE on webserver via unrestricted import_string() in BaseSerialization.deserialize()

A bug in BaseSerialization.deserialize() allowed unrestricted import_string() of attacker-controlled class paths when the Scheduler / API Server loaded a serialized DAG: a DAG author could embed a malicious trigger into a DAG to gain remote code execution on the API Server / Scheduler process, crossing the Airflow security boundary that DAG-author code must never execute in those processes. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.0 or later. As a defense-in-depth mitigation, deployments where DAG-author trust is limited can restrict the [core] alloweddeserializationclasses config to a narrow allowlist.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
9.8
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
0
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
-

Related Resources

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References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/07/1, https://pypi.python.org, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/33xxx/CVE-2026-33264.json, https://lists.apache.org/thread/otvdw8qt2y7xy2n5nq9xby9ky4rf5ltj, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33264, https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/66002, https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/68528

Severity

9.8

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Base CVSS
9.8
EPSS Probability
0.00992%
EPSS Percentile
0.5992%
Introduced Version
0
Fix Available
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