Is CVE-2022-38649 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-38649 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-38649?

CVE-2022-38649 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-38649?

CVE-2022-38649 has an EPSS score of 3.23% (87th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-38649?

Upgrade airflow to 2.3.0 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-38649

CRITICALEPSS 87th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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

CWE-78OS Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

airflowNVD

Affected:< 2.3.0Fixed in:2.3.0CVE-2022-38649derived from NVD

apache-airflow-providers-apache-pinotNVD

Affected:< 4.0.0Fixed in:4.0.0CVE-2022-38649derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

3.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days

87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Vendor Advisory1

lists.apache.org

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CVE-2021-1498	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2014-6271	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-16920	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-44877	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-8515	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2020-9054	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-04-29.