BIT-airflow-2023-39508

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Import Source
https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/airflow/BIT-airflow-2023-39508.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-airflow-2023-39508
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Published
2024-03-06T10:53:46.702Z
Modified
2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z
Summary
Apache Airflow: Airflow "Run task" feature allows execution with unnecessary priviledges
Details

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges, : Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow.The "Run Task" feature enables authenticated user to bypass some of the restrictions put in place. It allows to execute code in the webserver context as well as allows to bypas limitation of access the user has to certain DAGs. The "Run Task" feature is considered dangerous and it has been removed entirely in Airflow 2.6.0

This issue affects Apache Airflow: before 2.6.0.

Database specific
{
    "cpes": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "High"
}
References

Affected packages

Bitnami / airflow

Package

Name
airflow
Purl
pkg:bitnami/airflow

Severity

  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.0