SCA: security update for apache-airflow (GHSA-7wqf-h36w-47mc)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 412314

Description

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

- 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. (CVE-2022-38649)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7wqf-h36w-47mc

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 412314

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-38649

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-38649

cwe: CWE-78