CVE-2023-22884 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injectio

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow, Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow MySQL Provider.This issue affects Apache Airflow: before 2.5.1; Apache Airflow MySQL

01What is this vulnerability?

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow, Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow MySQL Provider.This issue affects Apache Airflow: before 2.5.1; Apache Airflow MySQL Provider: before 4.0.0.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Airflow	0
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Airflow MySQL Provider	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-01-21T13:02:49.475Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-31T14:53:54.464Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/28811
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread/0l0j3nt0t7fzrcjl2ch0jgj6c58kxs5h