What is CVE-2023-25754?

CVE-2023-25754 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Privilege Context Switching Error. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-08.

How severe is CVE-2023-25754?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-25754 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Apache Airflow

CVE-2023-25754

Privilege Context Switching Error vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow.This issue affects Apache Airflow: before 2.6.0.

Published 2023-05-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Airflow
Apache Software Foundation Airflow — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-270 — Privilege Context Switching Error

Public proof-of-concept exploits

elifesciences/github-repo-security-alerts

References

github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29506 (Patch, patch)
lists.apache.org/thread/3y83gr0qb8t49ppfk4fb2yk7md8ltq4v (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/2 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-25754?: CVE-2023-25754 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Privilege Context Switching Error. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-08.
How severe is CVE-2023-25754?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-25754 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.