Apache Airflow: DAG-author remote code execution on the Scheduler via awaiting_input next_kwargs deserialization
Apache Airflow 3.3.0 moved human-in-the-loop tasks from the triggerer to a new `awaiting_input` task state swept by the scheduler. That sweep deserializes the task instance's `next_kwargs` without an allow-list, so a Dag author — who controls that value through the task execution API — can cause an arbitrary module import and object instantiation inside the scheduler process, or terminate the scheduler job. No non-default configuration is required: the sweep runs unconditionally every 15 seconds, and the default `allowed_deserialization_classes` setting does not cover this code path. Versions before 3.3.0 are not affected, because human-in-the-loop tasks deferred onto the triggerer instead. This is a different code path from CVE-2026-58076, which covers the same unguarded exception-node deserialization reached elsewhere — deployments that applied that fix must upgrade for this issue as well. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later.
BIT-airflow-2026-67260
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:BIT-airflow-2026-67260
airflow
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 3.3.1
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "3.3.0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.3.1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "airflow",
"purl": "pkg:bitnami/airflow",
"ecosystem": "Bitnami"
},
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/airflow/BIT-airflow-2026-67260.json"
}
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-67260
Source reference:
/aliases
Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /database_specific/severity
- Event
- #72792 · Revision 1
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- Publisher date