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CVE-2022-41131
OS Command Injection in airflow (CVE-2022-41131)
Summary
OS command injection in airflow (CVE-2022-41131). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to `2.3.0` or later.
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A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2022-41131** has been found in airflow.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade airflow to **2.3.0** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "airflow CVE-2022-41131" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-41131 (airflow) — CWE-78 /
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: `2.3.0` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**OS command injection** (CWE-78) exists in airflow.
📍 Affected scope
airflow — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover
🔧 How to fix
Update to **2.3.0**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'airflow' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'airflow' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `airflow` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade airflow to 2.3.0ステージング環境で 2.3.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Bitnami
airflow
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.3.0"}]}]
PyPI
apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.1.0"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41131
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cm43-f2pv-6v68
- package https://github.com/apache/airflow
- package https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive
- web https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/27647
- web https://lists.apache.org/thread/wwo3qp0z8gv54yzn7hr04wy4n8gb0vhl