CVE-2025-54550
Airflow doc example may allow code execution via XCom modification.
Is CVE-2025-54550 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-54550 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.58% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-54550?
CVE-2025-54550 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.1. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-54550?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-54550. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-54550 affect?
CVE-2025-54550 affects Apache Airflow (documentation example_xcom). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-54550?
Update to Airflow 3.2.0 docs/fix example
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
UI user with XCom write access could trigger arbitrary code on a worker; limited to non-production docs.
Patch when possible
- affected< 3.2.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.