CVE-2023-37415 Apache Airflow Apache Hive Provider: Improper Input Validation in Hive Provider with proxy_user

What is CVE-2023-37415?

CVE-2023-37415 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Apache Airflow Apache Hive Provider, published on 13 Jul 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Apache Hive Provider.

Patching on top of CVE-2023-35797 Before 6.1.2 the proxy_user option can also inject semicolon.

This issue affects Apache Airflow Apache Hive Provider: before 6.1.2.

It is recommended updating provider version to 6.1.2 in order to avoid this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37415?

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-2023-37415?

Upgrade apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive to 6.1.2 or later.

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

Is CVE-2023-37415 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37415 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Airflow Apache Hive Provider

• CVE-2023-35797 Apache Airflow Hive Provider Beeline RCE with Principal Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-25696 Apache Airflow Hive Provider Beeline RCE Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-46421 Apache Airflow Hive Provider: Hive Provider RCE vulnerability with hive_cli_params Critical 9.8

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-4q2q-q5pw-2342, PYSEC-2026-1139.