CVE-2026-58076 (GCVE-0-2026-58076)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-12 15:40 – Updated: 2026-09-16 14:55
VLAI
Title
Apache Airflow: Unguarded import_string() of airflow_exc_ser / base_exc_ser exception nodes in BaseSerialization.deserialize enables DAG-author RCE on Scheduler / API Server
Summary
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Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-18 13:43 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
apache CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1093 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Affected: 3.0.0 , < 3.3.1 (semver)
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Credits
Jan Kahmen (turingpoint), GitHub: @kah-ja Jarek Potiuk
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