Apache Airflow rebuilt deadline alert fields through generic deserialization, which imports and instantiates the class
Source GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 3.4.0 soon.
Data as of 9 Nov 2026, 13:21 UTC
Rated High by Threat Radar's AI analysis · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
Thin evidence
One scorer or none- Patch
- Available – fixed in 3.4.0
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 9 Nov 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 9 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade Apache Airflow and apache-airflow-core to 3.4.0.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Airflowapache-airflow-core | Affected
| Fixed in
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PyPIapache-airflow-corepkg:pypi/apache-airflow-coreOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
Users should upgrade Apache Airflow to version 3.4.0 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. The partial fix for CVE-2026-45360 is insufficient as it only addressed the 'reference' field, leaving other fields vulnerable. No other mitigations are documented.
Description
Apache Airflow versions prior to 3.4.0 are vulnerable to unsafe deserialization in deadline alert fields. This vulnerability allows a DAG author to instantiate classes from Airflow's deserialization allow list with controlled arguments in the scheduler and API server processes. The issue persists despite a partial fix for CVE-2026-45360, which only addressed the 'reference' field, leaving 'callback' and 'interval' fields exploitable. Users are advised to upgrade to version 3.4.0 or later to mitigate this risk.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82337 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72651 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/apache/airflow/pull/74830 (opens in a new tab)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/9v8f3hlm6pxbwl2jt1c2bw84s80gg6kp (opens in a new tab)
- cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45360 (opens in a new tab)