CVE-2026-33264
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
A bug in `BaseSerialization.deserialize()` allowed unrestricted `import_string()` of attacker-controlled class paths when the Scheduler / API Server loaded a serialized DAG: a DAG author could embed a malicious trigger into a DAG to gain remote code execution on the API Server / Scheduler process, crossing the Airflow security boundary that DAG-author code must never execute in those processes. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.3.0 or later. As a defense-in-depth mitigation, deployments where DAG-author trust is limited can restrict the `[core] allowed_deserialization_classes` config to a narrow allowlist.
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.8
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-07 10:16:40.443000
Last modified
2026-10-25 20:10:00.147000
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