What is CVE-2020-17513?

CVE-2020-17513 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-12-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-17513?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

SSRF in Apache Airflow

CVE-2020-17513

In Apache Airflow versions prior to 1.10.13, the Charts and Query View of the old (Flask-admin based) UI were vulnerable for SSRF attack.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

Published 2020-12-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.044 (91.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.043 · newest: 0.044 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Apache Airflow
Apache Software Foundation Airflow — versions Apache Airflow

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb3647269f07cc2775ca6568cbfd4994d862c842a58120d2ab… (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-17513?: CVE-2020-17513 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-12-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-17513?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.