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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2023-41267 json

Apache HDFS Provider error message suggested installation of incorrect pip package

published 2023-09-14 3 y ago modified 2026-07-07 4 mo ago also GHSA-5hj9-m76g-xrc8 , PYSEC-2026-1138 , EUVD-2023-2432

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Apache Airflow HDFS Provider, versions prior to 4.1.1, a documentation info pointed users to an install incorrect pip package. As this package name was unclaimed, in theory, an attacker could claim this package and provide code that would be executed when this package was installed. The Airflow team has since taken ownership of the package (neutralizing the risk), and fixed the doc strings in version 4.1.1

Patch / fix

  • pypi apache-airflow-providers-apache-hdfs 4.1.1
  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow HDFS Provider 4.1.1
  • apache airflow_hdfs_provider 4.1.1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-41267 updated

apache-airflow: Apache HDFS Provider error message suggested installation of incorrect pip package

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi apache-airflow-providers-apache-hdfs
<4.1.1
4.1.1

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow HDFS Provider
  • apache airflow_hdfs_provider

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

References

Sources

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