CVE-2023-25696 Apache Airflow Hive Provider Beeline RCE

What is CVE-2023-25696?

CVE-2023-25696 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Apache Airflow Hive Provider, published on 24 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the Apache Airflow Hive Provider.

This issue affects Apache Airflow Hive Provider versions before 5.1.3.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25696?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Apache-Airflow-Providers-Apache-Hive.

How do I fix CVE-2023-25696?

Upgrade apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive to 5.1.3 or later.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2023-25696 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Airflow Hive Provider

• CVE-2023-35797 Apache Airflow Hive Provider Beeline RCE with Principal Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-46421 Apache Airflow Hive Provider: Hive Provider RCE vulnerability with hive_cli_params Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-37415 Apache Airflow Apache Hive Provider: Improper Input Validation in Hive Provider with proxy_user High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-9mwf-mw74-9cv5, PYSEC-2026-272.