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CVE-2022-40954

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-40954 is an OS Command Injection vulnerability in Apache Airflow Spark Provider, affecting versions prior to 4.0.0, and Apache Airflow versions prior to 2.3.0 if the Spark Provider is installed. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker with local access to read arbitrary files within the task execution context. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it has low attack complexity and does not require user interaction, but only impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:apache-airflow-providers-apache-spark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0138 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 15,937 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: apache-airflowFixed in: 2.3.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-45r6-j3cc-6mxxmedium

OS Command Injection in Apache Airflow

Nov 22, 2022

References

github.com / apache/airflow/pull/27646
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread/0tmdlnmjs5t4gsx5fy73tb6zd3jztq45
Mailing ListVendor Advisory