What is CVE-2018-20245?

CVE-2018-20245 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-20245?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apache Airflow

CVE-2018-20245

The LDAP auth backend (airflow.contrib.auth.backends.ldap_auth) prior to Apache Airflow 1.10.1 was misconfigured and contained improper checking of exceptions which disabled server certificate checking.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.010 (59.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Airflow
Apache Software Foundation Airflow — versions Apache Airflow <= 1.10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

security@apache.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20245?: CVE-2018-20245 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-20245?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.