CVE-2022-40127 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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 0.93567.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apache	Airflow

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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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'}`

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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