What is CVE-2020-17511?

CVE-2020-17511 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-12-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-17511?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apache Airflow

CVE-2020-17511

In Airflow versions prior to 1.10.13, when creating a user using airflow CLI, the password gets logged in plain text in the Log table in Airflow Metadatase. Same happened when creating a Connection with a password field.

EPSS: 0.025 (83.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Airflow
Apache Software Foundation Airflow — versions Apache Airflow

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

security@apache.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-17511?: CVE-2020-17511 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-12-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-17511?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.