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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-40189

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Airflow Pig Provider, Apache Airflow allows an attacker to control commands executed in the task execution context, without write access…

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 4.11%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Airflow Pig Provider, Apache Airflow allows an attacker to control commands executed in the task execution context, without write access to DAG files. This issue affects Pig Provider versions prior to 4.0.0. It also impacts any Apache Airflow versions prior to 2.3.0 in case Pig Provider is installed (Pig Provider 4.0.0 can only be installed for Airflow 2.3.0+). Note that you need to manually install the Pig Provider version 4.0.0 in order to get rid of the vulnerability on top of Airflow 2.3.0+ version.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
4.11% probability · 90th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78
Affected
apache/airflow · apache/apache-airflow-providers-apache-pig
Source
security@apache.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.