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Apache Airflow scheduler unsafely deserializes human-in-the-loop task next_kwargs

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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.

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GHSA-q4c3-7575-55j2

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Security context

Source reference: osv:GHSA-q4c3-7575-55j2

apache-airflow

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Affected versions
3.3.0

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3.3.1rc1

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3.3.1rc2

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Fixed versions
3.3.1

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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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  {
    "ranges": [
      {
        "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
        "events": [
          {
            "introduced": "3.3.0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "3.3.1"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
      "name": "apache-airflow",
      "purl": "pkg:pypi/apache-airflow",
      "ecosystem": "PyPI"
    },
    "versions": [
      "3.3.0",
      "3.3.1rc1",
      "3.3.1rc2"
    ],
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/08/GHSA-q4c3-7575-55j2/GHSA-q4c3-7575-55j2.json"
    }
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-67260

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Publisher severity

high

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