CVE-2022-41131 Apache Airflow Hive Provider vulnerability (command injection via hive_cli connection)
Attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands in the task execution context via the Hive Provider connection, requiring an upgrade to the provider.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-41131?
CVE-2022-41131 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Apache Airflow, published on 22 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Airflow Hive Provider, Apache Airflow allows an attacker to execute arbtrary commands in the task execution context, without write access to DAG files. This issue affects Hive Provider versions prior to 4.1.0. It also impacts any Apache Airflow versions prior to 2.3.0 in case HIve Provider is installed (Hive Provider 4.1.0 can only be installed for Airflow 2.3.0+). Note that you need to manually install the HIve Provider version 4.1.0 in order to get rid of the vulnerability on top of Airflow 2.3.0+ version that has lower version of the Hive Provider installed).
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41131?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive and airflow. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive PyPI | All versions | 4.1.0 |
apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive PyPI | All versions | 4.1.0 |
apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive PyPI | All versions | 4.1.0 |
airflow Bitnami | All versions | 2.3.0 |
Products include Apache Airflow, Apache Apache-Airflow-Providers-Apache-Hive.
How do I fix CVE-2022-41131?
Upgrade apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive to 4.1.0 or later.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2022-41131 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41131 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Airflow
- CVE-2020-13927 Apache Airflow's Experimental API Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2020-11978 Apache Airflow Command Injection
- CVE-2026-33264 Apache Airflow: DAG author RCE on webserver via unrestricted import_string() in BaseSerialization.deserialize()
- CVE-2023-25754 Apache Airflow: Privilege escalation using airflow logs
- CVE-2023-22884 Apache Airflow, Apache Airflow MySQL Provider: Arbitrary file read via MySQL provider in Apache Airflow
Sources
Also known as BIT-airflow-2022-41131, GHSA-cm43-f2pv-6v68, PYSEC-2026-772.