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🛡️ CVE-2022-38170 on PyPI (Root.io) — rootio-apache-airflow

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

CVE-2022-38170 in rootio-apache-airflow - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2022-38170 in the rootio-apache-airflow package for Root:PyPI. Multiple fixed versions available.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-38170 as tracked by PyPI (Root.io), for the package rootio-apache-airflow. The fix is available in version 2.3.3+root.io.5; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

ROOT-APP-PYPI-CVE-2022-38170 is classified as CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. A sensitive resource is assigned permissions that let unintended actors read or modify it.

Affected software

ROOT-APP-PYPI-CVE-2022-38170 is recorded against 1 package.

  • rootio-apache-airflow (fixed in 2.3.3+root.io.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 20 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Other advisories for this package

rootio-apache-airflow has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource) in other software:

CVE-2022-38170 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-02-20
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-02-20
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
rootio-apache-airflow — 2.3.3+root.io.5

References

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