8.8
High
Exploited
CVE-2020-11978 Apache Airflow Command Injection
Active exploitation observed
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Required action
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Ransomware campaigns
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Weakness
CWE-78
Description
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.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Airflow | Versions not published |
References
- lists.apache.org lists.apache.org
- packetstormsecurity.com packetstormsecurity.com
- packetstormsecurity.com packetstormsecurity.com
Timeline
- Published
- Added to the KEV catalogue
- Last modified
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