What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-24288: Apache Airflow: RCE in example DAGs

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 77.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-02-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

In Apache Airflow, prior to version 2.2.4, some example DAGs did not properly sanitize user-provided params, making them susceptible to OS Command Injection from the web UI.

Affected products

• Apache Airflow: before 2.2.4 — fixed in 2.2.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Airflow 2.2.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://lists.apache.org/thread/dbw5ozcmr0h0lhs0yjph7xdc64oht23t
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/dbw5ozcmr0h0lhs0yjph7xdc64oht23t

Get alerted when CVE-2022-24288 or the next vulnerability affects your stack