Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 7, 2026· Updated Jul 8, 2026
Apache Airflow: DAG author RCE on webserver via unrestricted import_string() in BaseSerialization.deserialize()
CVE-2026-33264
Description
A bug in BaseSerialization.deserialize() allowed unrestricted import_string() of attacker-controlled class paths when the Scheduler / API Server loaded a serialized DAG: a DAG author could embed a malicious trigger into a DAG to gain remote code execution on the API Server / Scheduler process, crossing the Airflow security boundary that DAG-author code must never execute in those processes. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.0 or later. As a defense-in-depth mitigation, deployments where DAG-author trust is limited can restrict the [core] allowed_deserialization_classes config to a narrow allowlist.
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2Patches
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References
3- github.com/apache/airflow/pull/66002mitrepatch
- github.com/apache/airflow/pull/68528mitrepatch
- lists.apache.org/thread/otvdw8qt2y7xy2n5nq9xby9ky4rf5ltjmitrevendor-advisory
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