apache-airflow: Apache Airflow Task SDK Callback deserialization can import arbitrary modules in the scheduler
What fixes it
- 3.3.1apache-airflow, pipGitHub
- 3.3.1Apache AirflowCVE List
- 3.3.1apache-airflow, PyPIOSV
pip install "apache-airflow>=3.3.1"
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Description
Apache Airflow's Task SDK rebuilt a Callback object from serialized data by re-running its constructor, which imports the module named by the stored callback path. Because SyncCallback is itself an Airflow class it passes the default allowed_deserialization_classes allow-list, so tightening that setting does not help. A Dag author โ who controls a task instance's next_kwargs through the task execution API โ can therefore cause an arbitrary module to be imported inside the scheduler process, when the scheduler's awaiting_input timeout sweep deserializes that value. No non-default configuration is required; the sweep runs unconditionally. Versions before 3.3.0 are not affected: the class existed, but the scheduler sweep that reaches it did not. This is a separate code path from CVE-2026-58076 and CVE-2026-67260, which cover different gadgets reaching deserialization โ applying either of those fixes does not address this one. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 6
- apache-airflow, pip>= 3.3.0, < 3.3.1GitHub
- Apache Airflowaffected: 3.3.0 before 3.3.1CVE List
- apache-airflow, PyPIfrom 3.3.0, fixed in 3.3.1OSV
- apache-airflow, PyPI3.3.0OSV
- apache-airflow, PyPI3.3.1rc1OSV
- apache-airflow, PyPI3.3.1rc2OSV
References 10
- github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70704Fixvia CVE List
- github.com/apache/airflow/commit/1baee0bf987eb220f15398e43572e1ed819a0130Fixvia GitHub
- github.com/apache/airflow/commit/2b598cb8b0570c941633be3d16a7eb912f73180cFixvia GitHub
- github.com/apache/airflow/releases/tag/3.3.1Fixvia GitHub
- lists.apache.org/thread/o00ww4n69qojvsckb464dtwd2nhzy6t0Advisoryvia CVE List
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2026-3708.yamlAdvisoryvia GitHub
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-2qjv-p2gc-mjg2Advisoryvia GitHub
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67587Referencevia GitHub
- cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-58076Referencevia CVE List
- cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-67260Referencevia CVE List