SCA: security update for apache-airflow (GHSA-q4c3-7575-55j2)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 472008

Description

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

- Apache Airflow 3.3.0 moved human-in-the-loop tasks from the triggerer to a new `awaiting_input` task state
swept by the scheduler. That sweep deserializes the task instance's `next_kwargs` without an allow-list,
so a Dag author — who controls that value through the task execution API — can cause an arbitrary module
import and object instantiation inside the scheduler process, or terminate the scheduler job. No non-
default configuration is required: the sweep runs unconditionally every 15 seconds, and the default
`allowed_deserialization_classes` setting does not cover this code path. Versions before 3.3.0 are not
affected, because human-in-the-loop tasks deferred onto the triggerer instead. This is a different code
path from CVE-2026-58076, which covers the same unguarded exception-node deserialization reached elsewhere
— deployments that applied that fix must upgrade for this issue as well. Users are advised to upgrade to
apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later. (CVE-2026-67260)

Solution

Update the apache-airflow library and its related packages to version 3.3.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 472008

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/3/2026

Updated: 10/3/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.41

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-67260

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-67260

cwe: CWE-502

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