Description
Apache Airflow, versions before 2.8.1, have a vulnerability that allows a potential attacker to poison the XCom data by bypassing the protection of "enable_xcom_pickling=False" configuration setting resulting in poisoned data after XCom deserialization. This vulnerability is considered low since it requires a DAG author to exploit it. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.8.1 or later, which fixes this issue.
Published: 2024-01-24
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-c3c6-f2ww-xfr2 Apache Airflow: pickle deserialization vulnerability in XComs
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00161}

epss

{'score': 0.0021}


Fri, 30 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:30:00 +0000

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Description Apache Airflow, versions before 2.8.1, have a vulnerability that allows a potential attacker to poison the XCom data by bypassing the protection of "enable_xcom_pickling=False" configuration setting resulting in poisoned data after XCom deserialization. This vulnerability is considered low since it requires a DAG author to exploit it. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.8.1 or later, which fixes this issue. Apache Airflow, versions before 2.8.1, have a vulnerability that allows a potential attacker to poison the XCom data by bypassing the protection of "enable_xcom_pickling=False" configuration setting resulting in poisoned data after XCom deserialization. This vulnerability is considered low since it requires a DAG author to exploit it. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.8.1 or later, which fixes this issue.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-30T14:16:49.346Z

Reserved: 2023-12-16T16:02:36.817Z

Link: CVE-2023-50943

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:23:43.928Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-24T13:15:07.953

Modified: 2025-05-30T15:15:25.450

Link: CVE-2023-50943

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