What is CVE-2023-42792?

CVE-2023-42792 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-10-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-42792?

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

Vulnerability in Apache Airflow

CVE-2023-42792

Apache Airflow, in versions prior to 2.7.2, contains a security vulnerability that allows an authenticated user with limited access to some DAGs, to craft a request that could give the user write access to various DAG resources for DAGs that the user had no access to, thus, enabling the user to clear DAGs they shouldn't. Users of Apache Airflow are strongly advised to upgrade to version 2.7.2 or newer to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Published 2023-10-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (72.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Airflow
Apache Software Foundation Airflow — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

github.com/apache/airflow/pull/34366 (Patch, patch)
lists.apache.org/thread/1spbo9nkn49fc2hnxqm9tf6mgqwp9tjq (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/1

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42792?: CVE-2023-42792 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-10-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-42792?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.