Apache Airflow allows code execution through unsafe serialized DAG deserialization
GHSA-2943-9672-r45w · BIT-airflow-2026-33264 · CVE-2026-33264 · PYSEC-2026-2082
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Description
A bug in BaseSerialization.deserialize() allowed unrestricted import_string() of attacker-controlled class paths when the Scheduler / API Server loaded a serialized DAG: a DAG author could embed a malicious trigger into a DAG to gain remote code execution on the API Server / Scheduler process, crossing the Airflow security boundary that DAG-author code must never execute in those processes. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.0 or later. As a defense-in-depth mitigation, deployments where DAG-author trust is limited can restrict the [core] allowed_deserialization_classes config to a narrow allowlist.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33264
- WEB https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/66002
- WEB https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/68528
- WEB https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/69b6c54ef17b048ebb0e9a656d0d9e1c99480d6b
- WEB https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/7e9bdb245e09373d91fcb7bda575ad4be63aa28d
- PACKAGE https://github.com/apache/airflow
- WEB https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2026-2082.yaml
- WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread/otvdw8qt2y7xy2n5nq9xby9ky4rf5ltj
- WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/07/1
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