Critical severity · published Nov 22, 2022
CVE-2022-38649
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…
9.8
CVSS
3.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.3% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Airflow · Apache
before 2.3.0 · source: NVD
AP
Apache-airflow-providers-apache-pinot · Apache
before 4.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38649
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38649
Patch
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/27641
Issue Tracking
https://lists.apache.org/thread/033o1gbc4ly6dpd2xf1o201v56fbl4dz
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