CVE-2022-40189 — OS Command Injection in apache-airflow — CVE Details

CRITICAL

OS Command Injection in Apache Airflow

Published June 29, 2026Updated July 1, 2026Source: osv

Summary

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Airflow Pig Provider, Apache Airflow allows an attacker to control commands executed in the task execution context, without write access to DAG files. This issue affects Pig Provider versions prior to 4.0.0. It also impacts any Apache Airflow versions prior to 2.3.0 in case Pig Provider is installed (Pig Provider 4.0.0 can only be installed for Airflow 2.3.0+). Note that you need to manually install the Pig Provider version 4.0.0 in order to get rid of the vulnerability on top of Airflow 2.3.0+ version.

Advisory Timeline

First published June 29, 2026 (105 days ago).
Last revised July 1, 2026 — 2 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

pip

Update apache-airflow to 2.3.0 or later

pip install "apache-airflow>=2.3.0"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: pypi (1).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
apache-airflow	pypi	1.10.0, 1.10.1, 1.10.10, 1.10.10rc1 (+103 more)	2.3.0

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-40189?: OS Command Injection in Apache Airflow This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2022-40189?: CVE-2022-40189 affects apache-airflow. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2022-40189 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

PYSEC-2026-270

BIT-airflow-2022-40189

GHSA-rmf2-pwfq-h75j

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