CVE-2022-38649

high-risk
Published 2022-11-22

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Airflow Pinot Provider, Apache Airflow allows an attacker to control commands executed in the task execution context, without write access to DAG files. This issue affects Apache Airflow Pinot Provider versions prior to 4.0.0. It also impacts any Apache Airflow versions prior to 2.3.0 in case Apache Airflow Pinot Provider is installed (Apache Airflow Pinot Provider 4.0.0 can only be installed for Airflow 2.3.0+). Note that you need to manually install the Pinot Provider version 4.0.0 in order to get rid of the vulnerability on top of Airflow 2.3.0+ version.

Do I need to act?

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10.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 90% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 11/34 · Low
Exposure 7/34 · Low