# CVE-2022-40754: Open Redirect

> An attacker can redirect users to malicious sites via the webserver's confirm endpoint in Apache Airflow.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 27 May 2025
- **Also known as:** BIT-airflow-2022-40754, GHSA-4fg5-j4mm-wfpg, PYSEC-2022-280

## What is CVE-2022-40754?

CVE-2022-40754 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, published on 21 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

In Apache Airflow 2.3.0 through 2.3.4, there was an open redirect in the webserver's `/confirm` endpoint.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40754?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including apache-airflow and airflow. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `apache-airflow` | PyPI | From 2.3.0 | 2.4.0b1 |
| `apache-airflow` | PyPI | From 2.3.0 | 2.4.0rc1 |
| `apache-airflow` | PyPI | From 2.3.0 | 2.4.0rc1 |
| `airflow` | Bitnami | From 2.3.0 | 2.3.5 |

Products: Apache Airflow.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-40754?

Upgrade apache-airflow to a fixed version for your release line: 2.4.0b1 or 2.4.0rc1.

## Is CVE-2022-40754 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40754 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apache Airflow

- [CVE-2020-13927](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13927/): Apache Airflow's Experimental API Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-11978](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11978/): Apache Airflow Command Injection (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-33264](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33264/): Apache Airflow: DAG author RCE on webserver via unrestricted import_string() in BaseSerialization.deserialize() (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-25754](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25754/): Apache Airflow: Privilege escalation using airflow logs (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-22884](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22884/): Apache Airflow, Apache Airflow MySQL Provider: Arbitrary file read via MySQL provider in Apache Airflow (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-40754 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-40754 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, published on 21 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40754 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- apache-airflow (PyPI): affected from 2.3.0; fixed in 2.4.0b1
- apache-airflow (PyPI): affected from 2.3.0; fixed in 2.4.0rc1
- apache-airflow (PyPI): affected from 2.3.0; fixed in 2.4.0rc1
- airflow (Bitnami): affected from 2.3.0; fixed in 2.3.5

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40754/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40754/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40754
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40754
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40754

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.