CVE-2022-38362
Docker Provider <3.0 RCE vulnerability in example dag
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apache
Description
Apache Airflow Docker's Provider prior to 3.0.0 shipped with an example DAG that was vulnerable to (authenticated) remote code exploit of code on the Airflow worker host.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 24 months later
· 24 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 20% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Remote Code Execution
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Airflow
- affected Apache Airflow Docker Provider – < 3.0.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIapache-airflow-providers-dockerGHSA-746v-hfh2-xphm (opens in a new tab)
What to do
Workaround: Disable loading of example DAGs or upgrade the apache-airflow-providers-docker to 3.0.0 or above
References (2)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/614p38nf4gbk8xhvnskj9b1sqo2dknkb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20220816 CVE-2022-38362: Apache Airflow Docker Provider <3.0 RCE vulnerability in example dag (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-746v-hfh2-xphm (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-38362)Record last updated .