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CVE-2020-13927
n/a Apache Airflow — Apache Airflow's Experimental API
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N N U H H H 9.8 .9978 100.0 YES
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Apache Airflow Apache Airflow <1.10.11 – —
TIMELINE
Jun 8 Reserved by apache
Nov 10 Published (CNA: apache)
Jan 18 Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-07-18
Description
The previous default setting for Airflow's Experimental API was to allow all API requests without authentication, but this poses security risks to users who miss this fact. From Airflow 1.10.11 the default has been changed to deny all requests by default and is documented at https://airflow.apache.org/docs/1.10.11/security.html#api-authentication. Note this change fixes it for new installs but existing users need to change their config to default `[api]auth_backend = airflow.api.auth.backend.deny_all` as mentioned in the Updating Guide: https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/1.10.11/UPDATING.md#experimental-api-will-deny-all-request-by-default
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| June 8, 2020 | Reserved | Reserved by apache |
| November 10, 2020 | Published | Published (CNA: apache) |
| January 18, 2022 | KEV ADDED | Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-07-18 |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| n/a | Apache Airflow | — | Apache Airflow <1.10.11 | — |
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