# CVE-2024-25141: Apache Airflow Mongo Provider: Certificate validation isn't respected even if SSL is enabled for apache-airflow-providers-mongo

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-278, GHSA-X5PM-H33Q-CJRW
- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- apache rates this low
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.0.0
- Published: 2024-02-20 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- apache-airflow-providers-mongo: from 1.0.0, fixed in 4.0.0
- apache-airflow-providers-mongo (PyPI): fixed in 4.0.0

## Description

When ssl was enabled for Mongo Hook, default settings included "allow_insecure" which caused that certificates were not validated. This was unexpected and undocumented. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.0, which fixes this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on apache-airflow-providers-mongo, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/37214
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/sqgbfqngjmn45ommmrgj7hvs7fgspsgm
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/20/5

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