CVE-2020-11978
Apache Airflow Command Injection
This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Airflow, fix it now.
CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Jul 18, 2022.
Patch status
No official fix confirmed yet
Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.
Affected products
| Product | Vendor | Affected versions | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airflow | Apache Software Foundation | < 1.10.11 | 1.10.11 | KEV |
Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Intelligence timeline
Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.
- CVSS scoredUpdateKEV
CVE-2020-11978 scored CVSS 8.8: Apache Airflow, Apache Airflow Command Injection
CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Airflow systems are exposed to active attacks now.
Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database
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