CVE-2022-40954
MEDIUMDescription
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Airflow Spark Provider, Apache Airflow allows an attacker to read arbtrary files in the task execution context, without write access to DAG files. This issue affects Spark Provider versions prior to 4.0.0. It also impacts any Apache Airflow versions prior to 2.3.0 in case Spark Provider is installed (Spark Provider 4.0.0 can only be installed for Airflow 2.3.0+). Note that you need to manually install the Spark Provider version 4.0.0 in order to get rid of the vulnerability on top of Airflow 2.3.0+ version that has lower version of the Spark Provider installed).
How to fix
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
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 69% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-78 (OS Command Injection) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
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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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