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CVE-2026-59242

Apache Airflow: Arbitrary airflow.* class instantiation on the API server via the XCom deserialize endpoint PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

Apache Airflow's XCom `GET /api/v2/{...}/xcomEntries/{key}?deserialize=true` endpoint passed a string-literal payload through `BaseXCom.deserialize_value` without the `_check_forbidden_xcom_keys` guard, allowing an authenticated API user with XCom write-and-read access to instantiate arbitrary `airflow.*` classes on the API server (CWE-502). An authenticated user who can write an XCom value and then read it back with `deserialize=true` triggers the unsafe instantiation. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later, which rejects reserved XCom serialization keys submitted as JSON string literals.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Apache Software Foundation / Apache Airflowaffected 0 before 3.3.1

CWE

CWE-502

References

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