CVE-2022-41131: Apache Airflow Hive Provider vulnerability (command injection via hive_cli connection)

[Jarek Potiuk <potiuk () apache org>]

Severity: moderate

Description:

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache 
Airflow Hive Provider, Apache Airflow allows an attacker to execute arbtrary commands in the task execution context, 
without write access to DAG files. This issue affects Hive Provider versions prior to 4.1.0. It also impacts any Apache 
Airflow versions prior to 2.3.0 in case HIve Provider is installed (Hive Provider 4.1.0 can only be installed for 
Airflow 2.3.0+). Note that you need to manually install the HIve Provider version 4.1.0 in order to get rid of the 
vulnerability on top of Airflow 2.3.0+ version that has lower version of the Hive Provider installed).


Credit:

Apache Airflow PMC wants to thank id_No2015429 of 3H Security Team for reporting the issue.

References:

https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/27647