High severity · published Aug 12, 2026
CVE-2026-67587
Apache Airflow: DAG-author remote code execution on the Scheduler via a Serde `Callback` deserialization gadget
8.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 — who controls a task instance's `next_kwargs` through the task execution API — 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 — applying either of those fixes does not address this one. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AA
Apache Airflow · Apache Software Foundation
3.3.0 before 3.3.1 · source: vendor
AI
Airflow · Apache
3.3.0 before 3.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67587
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-67587
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70704
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread/o00ww4n69qojvsckb464dtwd2nhzy6t0
Not Applicable
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-58076
Not Applicable
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-67260
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