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CVE-2020-11978GHSA-RVMQ-4X66-Q7J3BIT-AIRFLOW-2020-11978PYSEC-2020-14

An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below.

Published
Last modified
published
Listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.10.11rc1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Apache Airflow, a widely used workflow orchestration platform, is affected by this vulnerability in its older releases. An authenticated user could exploit it to run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Airflow worker or scheduler process, potentially giving them control over the host system.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

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An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. A remote code/command injection vulnerability was discovered in one of the example DAGs shipped with Airflow which would allow any authenticated user to run arbitrary commands as the user running airflow worker/scheduler (depending on the executor in use). If you already have examples disabled by setting load_examples=False in the config then you are not vulnerable.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated
  5. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow

    1.10.10 and below

  • apache-airflowPyPI

    fixed in 1.10.11rc1

  • apache-airflowPyPI

    fixed in 1.10.11rc1

References 3

lists.apache.org

packetstormsecurity.com