What is CVE-2023-22888?

CVE-2023-22888 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-22888?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Apache Airflow

CVE-2023-22888

Apache Airflow, versions before 2.6.3, is affected by a vulnerability that allows an attacker to cause a service disruption by manipulating the run_id parameter. This vulnerability is considered low since it requires an authenticated user to exploit it. It is recommended to upgrade to a version that is not affected

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2023-07-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Airflow
Apache Software Foundation Airflow — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

github.com/apache/airflow/pull/32293 (Patch, patch)
lists.apache.org/thread/dnlht2hvm7k81k5tgjtsfmk27c76kq7z (vendor-advisory, Patch, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-22888?: CVE-2023-22888 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-22888?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.