CVE-2023-39508

HIGH

Apache Airflow < 2.6.0 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation and DAG Access Bypass via Run Task Feature

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory patch
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29706
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/j2nkjd0zqvtqk85s6ywpx3c35pvzyx15

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0236
EPSS Percentile 81.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-200 CWE-250
Status published
Products (2)
apache/airflow < 2.6.0
pypi/apache-airflow 0 - 2.6.0b1PyPI
Published Aug 05, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026