Apache HDFS Provider error message suggested installation of incorrect pip package

Description

In the Apache Airflow HDFS Provider, versions prior to 4.1.1, a documentation info pointed users to an install incorrect pip package. As this package name was unclaimed, in theory, an attacker could claim this package and provide code that would be executed when this package was installed. The Airflow team has since taken ownership of the package (neutralizing the risk), and fixed the doc strings in version 4.1.1

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.60% · top 51% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-829 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation · Apache Airflow HDFS Provider

  • affected < 4.1.1

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• PyPIapache-airflow-providers-apache-hdfsGHSA-5hj9-m76g-xrc8 (opens in a new tab)

References (3)

• https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/33813 (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/ggthr5pn42bn6wcr25hxnykjzh4ntw7z (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/14/3 (opens in a new tab)x_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-5hj9-m76g-xrc8 (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 13 Feb 2025, 17:09 UTC.