The example example_xcom that was included in airflow documentation implemented unsafe pattern of reading value from xcom in the way that could be exploited to allow UI user who had access to modify XComs to perform arbitrary execution of code on the worker. Since the UI users are already highly trusted, this is a Low severity vulnerability. It does not affect Airflow release - example_dags are not supposed to be enabled in production environment, however users following the example could replicate the bad pattern. Documentation of Airflow 3.2.0 contains version of the example with improved resiliance for that case. Users who followed that pattern are advised to adjust their implementations accordingly.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - The example example_xcom that was included in airflow documentation implemented unsafe pattern of reading
    value from xcom in the way that could be exploited to allow UI user who had access to modify XComs to
    perform arbitrary execution of code on the worker. Since the UI users are already highly trusted, this is
    a Low severity vulnerability. It does not affect Airflow release - example_dags are not supposed to be
    enabled in production environment, however users following the example could replicate the bad pattern.
    Documentation of Airflow 3.2.0 contains version of the example with improved resiliance for that case.
    Users who followed that pattern are advised to adjust their implementations accordingly. (CVE-2025-54550)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
478369	Chainguard: airflow-2: security update to 2.11.2-r28	Tenable Cloud Security	Chainguard Local Security Checks	Local	high
478369	Chainguard: airflow-2: security update to 2.11.2-r28	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Chainguard Local Security Checks	Local	high
478267	SCA: security update for apache-airflow (GHSA-q2hg-643c-gw8h)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
478267	SCA: security update for apache-airflow (GHSA-q2hg-643c-gw8h)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
459996	Echo: apache-airflow: security update to 3.2.0	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	high
459996	Echo: apache-airflow: security update to 3.2.0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	high

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CVE-2025-54550

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Tenable Plugins

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