CVE-2023-50943
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.012 · 69 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.9–9.8
ssvc
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affected products (7)
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advisories (3)
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- GHSA-c3c6-f2ww-xfr2Apache Airflow: pickle deserialization vulnerability in XComs2024-01-24ghsa · osvUS
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.
- BIT-airflow-2023-50943Apache Airflow: Potential pickle deserialization vulnerability in XComs2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2024-132024-01-24vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (10)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/4cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-50943/cnnvd
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/36255cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/fx278v0twqzxkcts70tc04cp3f8p56pncnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/4enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/36255enisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/fx278v0twqzxkcts70tc04cp3f8p56pnenisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/4Mailing Listnvd
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