CVE-2023-50783

MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.04%

Apache Airflow: Improper access control vulnerability on the "varimport" endpoint

Published: 12/21/2023Modified: 5/20/2025

Also known as:GHSA-5938-79hg-xh3qBIT-airflow-2023-50783PYSEC-2023-267

Description

Apache Airflow, versions before 2.8.0, is affected by a vulnerability that allows an authenticated user without the variable edit permission, to update a variable. This flaw compromises the integrity of variable management, potentially leading to unauthorized data modification. Users are recommended to upgrade to 2.8.0, which fixes this issue

Affected packages (3)

Bitnami/airflowfrom 0, < 2.8.0
PyPI/apache-airflowfrom 0, < 2.8.0
PyPI/apache-airflowfrom 0, < 2.8.0

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References (7)

ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50783
PATCHhttps://github.com/apache/airflow
WEBhttps://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/0e1c106d7cd0703125528a691088e42e17c99929
WEBhttps://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/33932
WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-267.yaml
WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread/rs7cr3yp726mb89s1m844hy9pq7frgcn
WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/4