# CVE-2025-27018: Apache Airflow MySQL Provider: SQL injection in MySQL provider core function

> Attackers can inject SQL via table parameters in DAGs, leading to data corruption or modification in Apache Airflow MySQL Provider.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 25 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** ECHO-73be-25d4-4d85, GHSA-hhm6-jjf4-6pm3, PYSEC-2026-1151

## What is CVE-2025-27018?

CVE-2025-27018 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Apache Airflow MySQL Provider, published on 19 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Apache Airflow MySQL Provider.

When user triggered a DAG with dump_sql or load_sql functions they could pass a table parameter from a UI, that could cause SQL injection by running SQL that was not intended.
It could lead to data corruption, modification and others.
This issue affects Apache Airflow MySQL Provider: before 6.2.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.2.0, which fixes the issue.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-27018?

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


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `apache-airflow-providers-mysql` | PyPI | All versions | 6.2.0 |
| `apache-airflow-providers-mysql` | PyPI | All versions | 6.2.0 |
| `apache-airflow-providers-mysql` | PyPI | All versions | 6.2.0 |

Products: Apache Apache-Airflow-Providers-Mysql.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-27018?

Upgrade apache-airflow-providers-mysql to 6.2.0 or later.

## Is CVE-2025-27018 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-27018 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-27018 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-27018 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Apache Airflow MySQL Provider, published on 19 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-27018 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- apache-airflow-providers-mysql (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 6.2.0
- apache-airflow-providers-mysql (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 6.2.0
- apache-airflow-providers-mysql (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 6.2.0

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-2025-27018/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27018/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-27018
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27018
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-27018

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27018/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.