CVE-2023-39508
Apache Airflow: Airflow "Run task" feature allows execution with unnecessary priviledges
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-39508
To remediate CVE-2023-39508, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.6.0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.6.0b1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.6.0 or later
Is CVE-2023-39508 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.6.0
- from 0, < 2.6.0b1
- from 0, < 2.6.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |