Description
Apache Airflow's Task Execution API stored XCom values written by a task without the reserved-key check applied elsewhere, so a Dag author's task could write an XCom that, when a user later viewed it through the API with deserialization enabled, made the API server instantiate classes from the `airflow.*` namespace with arguments the Dag author chose. This is an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-59242: users who applied that fix in apache-airflow 3.3.1 remain affected through this route and should upgrade to apache-airflow 3.4.0 or later.
Published: 2026-11-09
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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First Time appeared Apache
Apache airflow
Vendors & Products Apache
Apache airflow

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Description Apache Airflow's Task Execution API stored XCom values written by a task without the reserved-key check applied elsewhere, so a Dag author's task could write an XCom that, when a user later viewed it through the API with deserialization enabled, made the API server instantiate classes from the `airflow.*` namespace with arguments the Dag author chose. This is an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-59242: users who applied that fix in apache-airflow 3.3.1 remain affected through this route and should upgrade to apache-airflow 3.4.0 or later.
Title Apache Airflow: Execution API: set_xcom skips the reserved-key check, so task-written XComs instantiate airflow.* classes on the API server
Weaknesses CWE-502
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-09T15:10:06.471Z

Reserved: 2026-10-16T02:28:03.557Z

Link: CVE-2026-111421

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-09T10:17:03.773

Modified: 2026-11-09T15:17:05.443

Link: CVE-2026-111421

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Updated: 2026-11-09T10:45:07Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-502

    Deserialization of Untrusted Data