CVE-2020-11978Apache Airflow Command Injection
Known exploited — Apache Airflow Command Injection
CISA confirmed this vulnerability is used in real attacks on 18.01.2022. Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: 18.07.2022.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11978
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.
Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Versions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | airflow | < 1.10.11 | |
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Airflow | 1.10.10 and below |
References and patches
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.air… Mailing ListVendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162908/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.html ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174764/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.html ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11978 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
CPE matches (NVD) (1)
cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 1.10.11