CVE-2026-58076
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Description
Apache Airflow's serialization layer reconstructed exception nodes by calling `import_string()` on a class name taken from the serialized blob and instantiating it with arguments from the same blob, with no restriction on what could be imported. An operator's `executor_config` reaches that branch, so a Dag author could place a value there that causes an arbitrary callable to be imported and invoked -- for example `subprocess.check_output`, or `builtins.eval` on the `builtins`-prefixed variant. The code runs in the **Scheduler**, which reconstructs serialized Dags in its normal loop with no request involved, and in the **API server**, on any authenticated read of the Dag such as `GET /api/v2/dags/{dag_id}/details`. Both are components the Airflow security model states must never execute Dag-author code, and both hold the metadata database credentials and the JWT signing secret. No non-default configuration is required. This is a **different sink from CVE-2026-33264**, which covered only the trigger branch of the same deserializer: deployments that upgraded in response to that advisory are still affected through the exception branch and must upgrade again. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later, which restricts the imported class to a subclass of `BaseException`.
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-08-12T16:17:08.317",
"lastModified": "2026-10-24T16:10:00.153",
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"value": "Apache Airflow's serialization layer reconstructed exception nodes by calling `import_string()` on a class name taken from the serialized blob and instantiating it with arguments from the same blob, with no restriction on what could be imported. An operator's `executor_config` reaches that branch, so a Dag author could place a value there that causes an arbitrary callable to be imported and invoked -- for example `subprocess.check_output`, or `builtins.eval` on the `builtins`-prefixed variant. The code runs in the **Scheduler**, which reconstructs serialized Dags in its normal loop with no request involved, and in the **API server**, on any authenticated read of the Dag such as `GET /api/v2/dags/{dag_id}/details`. Both are components the Airflow security model states must never execute Dag-author code, and both hold the metadata database credentials and the JWT signing secret. No non-default configuration is required. This is a **different sink from CVE-2026-33264**, which covered only the trigger branch of the same deserializer: deployments that upgraded in response to that advisory are still affected through the exception branch and must upgrade again. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later, which restricts the imported class to a subclass of `BaseException`."
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"value": "La capa de serialización de Apache Airflow reconstruyó nodos de excepción llamando a “import_string()” en un nombre de clase tomado del blob serializado e instanciándolo con argumentos del mismo blob, sin restricción sobre lo que podía importarse. El “executor_config” de un operador alcanza esa rama, por lo que un autor de Dag podría colocar un valor allí que cause que un invocable arbitrario sea importado e invocado -- por ejemplo, “subprocess.check_output”, o “builtins.eval” en la variante con prefijo “builtins”. El código se ejecuta en el Scheduler, que reconstruye Dags serializados en su bucle normal sin ninguna solicitud involucrada, y en el servidor API, en cualquier lectura autenticada del Dag, como “GET /api/v2/dags/{dag_id}/details”. Ambos son componentes que el modelo de seguridad de Airflow establece que nunca deben ejecutar código de autor de Dag, y ambos poseen las credenciales de la base de datos de metadatos y el secreto de firma JWT. No se requiere ninguna configuración no predeterminada. Este es un sumidero diferente de CVE-2026-33264, que cubría solo la rama de activación del mismo deserializador: las implementaciones que se actualizaron en respuesta a ese aviso siguen afectadas a través de la rama de excepción y deben actualizarse de nuevo. Se aconseja a los usuarios actualizar a apache-airflow 3.3.1 o posterior, que restringe la clase importada a una subclase de “BaseException”."
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