critical · 9.8 Patched

Command Injection in Apache Airflow and Apache Airflow MySQL Provider

CVE-2023-22884 · GHSA-c732-xvv8-g94c · BIT-airflow-2023-22884 · PYSEC-2026-268 · PYSEC-2026-279 · published 21 Jan 2023

How serious is it

  • Severity: critical, CVSS score 9.8 out of 10.
  • No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
  • Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  • No public exploit in Exploit-DB.

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Who is affected

  • apache-airflow (PyPI) < 2.5.1
  • apache-airflow-providers-mysql (PyPI) < 4.0.0

How to check

  1. Run pip show apache-airflow in your project to see the installed version, including copies pulled in by other packages.
  2. Run pip show apache-airflow-providers-mysql in your project to see the installed version, including copies pulled in by other packages.
  3. Or paste your lockfile into the checker: it lists every package with a known vulnerability, this one included.
  4. Or run npx shippable-dev scan localhost:3000 in your project folder. It reads your lockfile and flags this vulnerability along with every other known one.

How to fix

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  1. On < 2.5.1: Upgrade apache-airflow to 2.5.1 or later, commit the lockfile and redeploy.
  2. On < 4.0.0: Upgrade apache-airflow-providers-mysql to 4.0.0 or later, commit the lockfile and redeploy.
  3. If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.

The advisory

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow, Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow MySQL Provider.This issue affects Apache Airflow: before 2.5.1; Apache Airflow MySQL Provider: before 4.0.0.

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References

Merged from GitHub Advisory Database, OSV. Last updated 28 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON

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