CVE-2023-28706
Published: 07 April 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-28706 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Apache Airflow Hive Provider. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 7.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2023-28706 is a code injection vulnerability (CWE-94) in the Apache Airflow Hive Provider component. It affects all releases prior to version 6.0.0 and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting network-accessible attack vectors that require no authentication or user interaction.
An unauthenticated attacker with network access can supply crafted input that results in arbitrary code execution on the Airflow worker or scheduler host, yielding full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the affected system.
Public advisories from the Apache Security Team and the referenced GitHub pull request 30212 direct users to upgrade the Hive Provider to 6.0.0 or later; the fix removes the unsafe code-generation path that enabled the injection.
EPSS for this CVE has remained flat at 0.0939 with no material increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-1206
Vulnerability details
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Hive Provider.This issue affects Apache Airflow Hive Provider: before 6.0.0.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.