CVE-2022-40127Apache Airflow <2.4.0 has an RCE in a bash example
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 85.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
A vulnerability in Example Dags of Apache Airflow allows an attacker with UI access who can trigger DAGs, to execute arbitrary commands via manually provided run_id parameter. This issue affects Apache Airflow Apache Airflow versions prior to 2.4.0.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it.
Show the exploits1
Nuclei templates1 template
- AirFlow < 2.4.0 - Remote Code Execution (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-40127.yamlSeverity high
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 85.7% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Airflow
- affected Apache Airflow – < 2.4.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIapache-airflowGHSA-6pw3-8h9w-32gc (opens in a new tab)
What to do
Workaround: Do not enable example dags on systems that should not allow UI user to execute an arbitrary command.
References
References3
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/25960 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/cf132hgm6jvzvsbpsozl3plf1r4cwysy (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [oss-security] 20221113 CVE-2022-40127: RCE in Apache Airflow <2.4.0 bash example (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-0017 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6pw3-8h9w-32gc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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