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AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV N L L N U H H H 8.8 .9919 99.9 YES
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed Apache Airflow 1.10.10 and below – —
TIMELINE Apr 21 Reserved by apache Jul 16 Published (CNA: apache) Jan 18 Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-07-18
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.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2020 | Reserved | Reserved by apache |
| July 16, 2020 | Published | Published (CNA: apache) |
| January 18, 2022 | KEV ADDED | Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-07-18 |
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Airflow | — | 1.10.10 and below | — |
Authoritative record: CVE-2020-11978 at cve.org
Vendors: apache
Weaknesses: CWE-78
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