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CVE-2024-45498: Apache Airflow: Command Injection in an example DAG

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-09-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-116

Description

Example DAG: example_inlet_event_extra.py shipped with Apache Airflow version 2.10.0 has a vulnerability that allows an authenticated attacker with only DAG trigger permission to execute arbitrary commands. If you used that example as the base of your DAGs - please review if you have not copied the dangerous example; see https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873  for more information. We recommend against exposing the example DAGs in your deployment. If you must expose the example DAGs, upgrade Airflow to version 2.10.1 or later.

Affected products

• Apache Airflow: 2.10.0

References

• https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2

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