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CVE-2025-54941

Apache Airflow: Command injection in "example_dag_decorator"

4.6 MediumFix available

An example dag example_dag_decorator had non-validated parameter that allowed the UI user to redirect the example to a malicious server and execute code on worker. This however required that the example dags are enabled in production (not default) or the example dag code copied to build your own similar dag. If you used the example_dag_decorator please review it and apply the changes implemented in Airflow 3.0.5 accordingly.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.49%Up 0.5 points since Oct 30, 2025
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.6

An example dag example_dag_decorator had non-validated parameter that allowed the UI user to redirect the example to a malicious server and execute code on worker. This however required that the example dags are enabled in production (not default) or the example dag code copied to build your own similar dag. If you used the example_dag_decorator please review it and apply the changes implemented in Airflow 3.0.5 accordingly.

Record
CVE-2025-54941
CVSS 3.1
4.6 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-78
Updated
2026-11-03
CVE List 4.6

Apache Airflow: Command injection in "example_dag_decorator"

An example dag example_dag_decorator had non-validated parameter that allowed the UI user to redirect the example to a malicious server and execute code on worker. This however required that the example dags are enabled in production (not default) or the example dag code copied to build your own similar dag. If you used the example_dag_decorator please review it and apply the changes implemented in Airflow 3.0.5 accordingly.

Record
CVE-2025-54941
CVSS 3.1
4.6 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-78
Updated
2026-11-03
EUVDEUVD-2025-36993 4.6

An example dag example_dag_decorator had non-validated parameter that allowed the UI user to redirect the example to a malicious server and execute code on worker. This however required that the example dags are enabled in production (not default) or the example dag code copied to build your own similar dag. If you used the example_dag_decorator please review it and apply the changes implemented in Airflow 3.0.5 accordingly.

Record
EUVD-2025-36993
CVSS 3.1
4.6 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v3c9-j6h9-66v4 5.2

Apache Airflow has a command injection vulnerability in "example_dag_decorator"

An example dag example_dag_decorator had non-validated parameter that allowed the UI user to redirect the example to a malicious server and execute code on worker. This however required that the example dags are enabled in production (not default) or the example dag code copied to build your own similar dag. If you used the example_dag_decorator please review it and apply the changes implemented in Airflow 3.0.5 accordingly.

Record
GHSA-v3c9-j6h9-66v4
CVSS 4.0
5.2 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
Weakness
CWE-78
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 4.6

Apache Airflow: Command injection in "example_dag_decorator"

An example dag example_dag_decorator had non-validated parameter that allowed the UI user to redirect the example to a malicious server and execute code on worker. This however required that the example dags are enabled in production (not default) or the example dag code copied to build your own similar dag. If you used the example_dag_decorator please review it and apply the changes implemented in Airflow 3.0.5 accordingly.

Record
CVE-2025-54941
CVSS 3.1
4.6 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-78
Updated
2026-11-11
OSVGHSA-v3c9-j6h9-66v4 5.2

Apache Airflow has a command injection vulnerability in "example_dag_decorator"

An example dag example_dag_decorator had non-validated parameter that allowed the UI user to redirect the example to a malicious server and execute code on worker. This however required that the example dags are enabled in production (not default) or the example dag code copied to build your own similar dag. If you used the example_dag_decorator please review it and apply the changes implemented in Airflow 3.0.5 accordingly.

Record
GHSA-v3c9-j6h9-66v4
CVSS 4.0
5.2 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
Weakness
CWE-78
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2026-1135 5.2

Apache Airflow has a command injection vulnerability in "example_dag_decorator"

An example dag example_dag_decorator had non-validated parameter that allowed the UI user to redirect the example to a malicious server and execute code on worker. This however required that the example dags are enabled in production (not default) or the example dag code copied to build your own similar dag. If you used the example_dag_decorator please review it and apply the changes implemented in Airflow 3.0.5 accordingly.

Record
PYSEC-2026-1135
CVSS 4.0
5.2 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-airflow-2025-54941 No score

Apache Airflow: Command injection in "example_dag_decorator"

An example dag example_dag_decorator had non-validated parameter that allowed the UI user to redirect the example to a malicious server and execute code on worker. This however required that the example dags are enabled in production (not default) or the example dag code copied to build your own similar dag. If you used the example_dag_decorator please review it and apply the changes implemented in Airflow 3.0.5 accordingly.

Record
BIT-airflow-2025-54941
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
apache-airflow
PyPI
3.0.0 up to 3.0.5
3.0.5
airflow
Bitnami
3.0.0 up to 3.0.5
3.0.5
apache-airflow
PyPI
3.0.0 up to 3.0.5, plus listed versions
3.0.13.0.1rc13.0.23.0.2rc13.0.2rc2
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3.0.33.0.3rc13.0.3rc23.0.3rc33.0.3rc43.0.3rc53.0.3rc63.0.43.0.4rc13.0.4rc23.0.5rc13.0.5rc23.0.5rc3
3.0.5

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
factsCVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-54941 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Apache Airflow, published October 30, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, the 42nd percentile. Fixed in apache-airflow 3.0.5.

References

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