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| 3 | +title: "Introducing a Security Model for Arrow" |
| 4 | +date: "2026-02-09 00:00:00" |
| 5 | +author: pmc |
| 6 | +categories: [arrow, security] |
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| 27 | +We are thrilled to announce the official publication of a |
| 28 | +[Security Model](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/dev/format/Security.html) for Apache Arrow. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +The Arrow security model covers a core subset of the Arrow specifications: |
| 31 | +the [Arrow Columnar Format](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/dev/format/Columnar.html), |
| 32 | +the [Arrow C Data Interface](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/dev/format/CDataInterface.html) and the |
| 33 | +[Arrow IPC Format](https://arrow.apache.org/docs/dev/format/Columnar.html#serialization-and-interprocess-communication-ipc). |
| 34 | +It sets expectations and gives guidelines for handling data coming from |
| 35 | +untrusted sources. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +The specifications covered by the Arrow security model are building blocks for |
| 38 | +all the other Arrow specifications, such as Flight and ADBC. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +The ideas underlying the Arrow security model were informally shared between |
| 41 | +Arrow maintainers and have informed decisions for years, but they were left |
| 42 | +undocumented until now. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +Implementation-specific security considerations, such as proper API usage and |
| 45 | +runtime safety guarantees, will later be covered in the documentation of the |
| 46 | +respective implementations. |
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