Medium severity · published Oct 30, 2025
CVE-2025-54941
Apache Airflow: Command injection in "example_dag_decorator"
4.6
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An example dag `example_dag_decorator` had non-validated parameter that allowed the UI user to redirect the example to a malicious server and execute code on worker. This however required that the example dags are enabled in production (not default) or the example dag code copied to build your own similar dag. If you used the `example_dag_decorator` please review it and apply the changes implemented in Airflow 3.0.5 accordingly.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AA
Apache Airflow · Apache Software Foundation
3.0.0 before < 3.0.5 · source: vendor
AI
Airflow · Apache
3.0.0 before 3.0.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54941
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54941
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread/c6q6nofc6xl5bms039ks9b34v0v36df1
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/29/6
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