CVE-2020-11978
Remote code execution (RCE) in Apache Airflow
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
⚠ KEVEPSS 94.3%
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-11978
To remediate CVE-2020-11978, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.10.11 or later
- —upgrade to 1.10.11rc1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.10.11rc1 or later
Is CVE-2020-11978 being exploited?
Yes — CVE-2020-11978 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Patch immediately.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.10.11
- from 0, < 1.10.11rc1
- from 0, < 1.10.11rc1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H |