CVE-2026-111421
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Apache Airflow's Task Execution API stored XCom values written by a task without the reserved-key check applied elsewhere, so a Dag author's task could write an XCom that, when a user later viewed it through the API with deserialization enabled, made the API server instantiate classes from the `airflow.*` namespace with arguments the Dag author chose. This is an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-59242: users who applied that fix in apache-airflow 3.3.1 remain affected through this route and should upgrade to apache-airflow 3.4.0 or later.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.8
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-09 10:17:03.773000
Last modified
2026-11-09 15:17:05.443000
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"id": "CVE-2026-111421",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-11-09T10:17:03.773",
"lastModified": "2026-11-09T15:17:05.443",
"vulnStatus": "Received",
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
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"lang": "en",
"value": "Apache Airflow's Task Execution API stored XCom values written by a task without the reserved-key check applied elsewhere, so a Dag author's task could write an XCom that, when a user later viewed it through the API with deserialization enabled, made the API server instantiate classes from the `airflow.*` namespace with arguments the Dag author chose. This is an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-59242: users who applied that fix in apache-airflow 3.3.1 remain affected through this route and should upgrade to apache-airflow 3.4.0 or later."
}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
{
"vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
"product": "Apache Airflow",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"collectionURL": "https://pypi.python.org",
"packageName": "apache-airflow-core",
"packageURL": "pkg:pypi/apache-airflow-core",
"versions": [
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"version": "3.0.0",
"lessThan": "3.4.0",
"versionType": "semver",
"status": "affected"
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]
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"metrics": {
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"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"baseScore": 8.8,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"privilegesRequired": "LOW",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
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"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"version": "2.0.3"
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"weaknesses": [
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"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-502"
}
]
}
],
"references": [
{
"url": "https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72718",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/74829",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/pwdwx354tv0x3m8wzfhh59r6wyztj2lk",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-59242",
"source": "[email protected]"
}
]
}