Improper Authentication Affecting apache-airflow package, versions [2.0.0, 2.1.3)
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
1.66% (89th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-APACHEAIRFLOW-1657559
- published 22 Sep 2021
- disclosed 9 Sep 2021
- credit Nathan Jones
Introduced: 9 Sep 2021
CVE-2021-38540 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade apache-airflow to version 2.1.3 or higher.
Overview
apache-airflow is a platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication due to missing authentication in the variable import endpoint. This allowed unauthenticated users to add/modify Airflow variables used in DAGs, potentially resulting in a denial of service, information disclosure or remote code execution.
CVSS Scores
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