CVE-2026-33858 PUBLISHED

Apache Airflow: Unsafe Deserialization via Legacy Serialization Keys (__type/__var) Bypass in XCom API

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 24.03.2026 Published: 13.04.2026 Updated: 13.04.2026

Dag Authors, who normally should not be able to execute code in the webserver context could craft XCom payload causing the webserver to execute arbitrary code. Since Dag Authors are already highly trusted, severity of this issue is Low.

Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.2.0, which resolves this issue.

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Airflow
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 3.1.8 to 3.2.0 (excl.)

Credits

  • wooseokdotkim finder
  • Amogh Desai remediation developer

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data CWE