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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2026-33264

Apache Airflow: DAG author RCE on webserver via unrestricted import_string() in BaseSerialization.deserialize()

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 3.3.0affected

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