CVE-2022-41131

highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.017 · 78 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.75% (78th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Airflow Hive Provider, Apache Airflow allows an attacker to execute arbtrary commands in the task execution context, without write access to DAG files. This issue affects Hive Provider versions prior to 4.1.0. It also impacts any Apache Airflow versions prior to 2.3.0 in case HIve Provider is installed (Hive Provider 4.1.0 can only be installed for Airflow 2.3.0+). Note that you need to manually install the HIve Provider version 4.1.0 in order to get rid of the vulnerability on top of Airflow 2.3.0+ version that has lower version of the Hive Provider installed).

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-78USCWE-78US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow≤ 2.3.0enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Hive Providerunspecified → 4.1.0enisa_euvdEU
apache airflow< 2.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive< 4.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami airflow< 2.3.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/airflow
PyPI apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive< 4.1.0osvUSpkg:pypi/apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-cm43-f2pv-6v68OS Command Injection in Apache Airflow2022-11-22ghsa · osvUS
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Airflow Hive Provider, Apache Airflow allows an attacker to execute arbtrary commands in the task execution context, without write access to DAG files. This issue affects Hive Provider versions prior to 4.1.0. It also impacts any Apache Airflow versions prior to 2.3.0 in case HIve Provider is installed (Hive Provider 4.1.0 can only be installed for Airflow 2.3.0+). Note that you need to manually install the HIve Provider version 4.1.0 in order to get rid of the vulnerability on top of Airflow 2.3.0+ version that has lower version of the Hive Provider installed).
BIT-airflow-2022-41131Apache Airflow Hive Provider vulnerability (command injection via hive_cli connection)2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Airflow Hive Provider, Apache Airflow allows an attacker to execute arbtrary commands in the task execution context, without write access to DAG files. This issue affects Hive Provider versions prior to 4.1.0. It also impacts any Apache Airflow versions prior to 2.3.0 in case HIve Provider is installed (Hive Provider 4.1.0 can only be installed for Airflow 2.3.0+). Note that you need to manually install the HIve Provider version 4.1.0 in order to get rid of the vulnerability on top of Airflow 2.3.0+ version that has lower version of the Hive Provider installed).
PYSEC-2026-772OS Command Injection in Apache Airflow2026-07-07vendor · osvUS
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Airflow Hive Provider, Apache Airflow allows an attacker to execute arbtrary commands in the task execution context, without write access to DAG files. This issue affects Hive Provider versions prior to 4.1.0. It also impacts any Apache Airflow versions prior to 2.3.0 in case HIve Provider is installed (Hive Provider 4.1.0 can only be installed for Airflow 2.3.0+). Note that you need to manually install the HIve Provider version 4.1.0 in order to get rid of the vulnerability on top of Airflow 2.3.0+ version that has lower version of the Hive Provider installed).

also known as (7)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-11-22modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-41131/cnnvd
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/27647 cnnvd
https://lists.apache.org/thread/wwo3qp0z8gv54yzn7hr04wy4n8gb0vhl cnnvd
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/27647 enisa_euvd
https://lists.apache.org/thread/wwo3qp0z8gv54yzn7hr04wy4n8gb0vhl enisa_euvd
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/27647PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
https://lists.apache.org/thread/wwo3qp0z8gv54yzn7hr04wy4n8gb0vhlIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisorynvd

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