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High · 7.3 CVE-2026-45360 BIT-airflow-2026-45360EUVD-2026-33587GHSA-2r5m-76wx-56gxPYSEC-2026-186

Apache Airflow: Arbitrary import in custom deadline-reference deserialization

Published Jun 1, 2026 · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · Assigned by apache

Description

Apache Airflow's scheduler-side deadline-reference decoder (`SerializedCustomReference.deserialize_reference`) imported and dispatched arbitrary class paths drawn from DAG-author-controlled serialized state without an allowlist or plugin-registry gate. A DAG author whose code reaches the scheduler — the default on single-host deployments where the DAG bundle is importable from the scheduler process — could embed a custom `DeadlineReference` whose serialized form named an attacker-controlled module path, causing the scheduler to `import_string(...)` and instantiate that class with a live SQLAlchemy session attached. Affects deployments where DAG-author code is less trusted than the scheduler process. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow < 3.0.0, 3.0.0 – < 3.2.2 3.0.0

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI apache-airflow >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.2 3.2.2 GHSA-2r5m-76wx-56gx
PyPI apache-airflow < 3.2.2 3.2.2 PYSEC-2026-186

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