CVE-2026-33264

CRITICAL

CVSS v3.1: 9.8 · EPSS: 0.0069 (48.4 percentile)

NetworkNo privilegesNo user interactionInsecure DeserializationVendor advisory ref

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At a glance

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8 v3.1 · NVD
EPSS
0.0069 (48.4 percentile) · FIRST.org
CISA KEV
No
Type
Insecure Deserialization · NVD CWE
Attack conditions (CVSS vector)
NetworkNo privilegesNo user interaction · Source: NVD Vector
Published
2026-07-07 · Modified: 2026-07-07

CVSS / EPSS / KEV

CVSS v3.1 9.8 / 10 CRITICAL Source: NVD
EPSS 0.0069 48.4 percentile Source: FIRST.org
CISA KEV No Source: CISA

Source — CVSS: NVD · EPSS: FIRST.org · KEV: CISA. Data & Sources

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.

Record details

CVE ID
CVE-2026-33264
CVSS (v3.1)
9.8 (CRITICAL)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability subscore
3.9
Impact subscore
5.9
EPSS
0.0069 (48.4 percentile) — 2026-07-08
CISA KEV
No
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-502
Affected configurations (CPE)
0
Published
2026-07-07
Modified
2026-07-07
Status
Undergoing Analysis

References

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