apache airflow CVE-2020-11978 is a vulnerability in Apache Airflow
Published on July 17, 2020

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.

NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Apache Airflow Command Injection vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. A remote code/command injection vulnerability was discovered in one of the example DAGs shipped with Airflow.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by July 18, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2020-11978 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 2.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?

The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

CVE-2020-11978 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2020-11978

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