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Echo: apache-airflow: security update to 3.2.0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 459996

Description

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)

Solution

Update the apache-airflow library and its related packages to version 3.2.0 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-54550

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 459996

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54550

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-54550