CVE-2026-45360

Published Jun 1, 2026

Last updated 2 days ago

Overview

Description
Apache Airflow's scheduler-side deadline-reference decoder (`SerializedCustomReference.deserialize_reference`) imported and dispatched arbitrary class paths drawn from DAG-author-controlled serialized state without an allowlist or plugin-registry gate. A DAG author whose code reaches the scheduler — the default on single-host deployments where the DAG bundle is importable from the scheduler process — could embed a custom `DeadlineReference` whose serialized form named an attacker-controlled module path, causing the scheduler to `import_string(...)` and instantiate that class with a live SQLAlchemy session attached. Affects deployments where DAG-author code is less trusted than the scheduler process. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later.
Source
security@apache.org
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
airflow

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
7.3
Impact score
3.4
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

security@apache.org
CWE-502

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations