Deserialization in Apache Airflow
CVE-2020-11982
An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. When using CeleryExecutor, if an attack can connect to the broker (Redis, RabbitMQ) directly, it was possible to insert a malicious payload directly to the broker which could lead to a deserialization attack (and thus remote code execution) on the Worker.
Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.072 (94.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.072 · newest: 0.072 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache Airflow
- Apache Software Foundation Airflow — versions 1.10.10 and below
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428b… (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-11982?
- CVE-2020-11982 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-07-17.
- How severe is CVE-2020-11982?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-11982 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.