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CVE-2023-40272

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40272 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Apache Airflow Spark Provider versions prior to 4.1.3, allowing attackers to read files on the Airflow server by injecting malicious parameters during connection establishment. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, posing a significant risk of information disclosure. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:apache-airflow-providers-apache-spark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0167 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: apache-airflow-providers-apache-sparkFixed in: 4.1.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-r2f6-6928-fh8fhigh

Apache Airflow Spark Provider Improper Input Validation vulnerability

Aug 17, 2023

References

lists.apache.org / thread/t03gktyzyor20rh06okd91jtqmw6k1l7
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/08/17/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/08/18/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory