Vulnerability in Apache Airflow
CVE-2023-48291
Apache Airflow, in versions prior to 2.8.0, 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. This is a missing fix for CVE-2023-42792 in Apache Airflow 2.7.2 Users of Apache Airflow are strongly advised to upgrade to version 2.8.0 or newer to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.
EPSS: 0.018 (76.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Apache Airflow
- Apache Software Foundation Airflow — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@apache.org (Patch, patch)
- security@apache.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@apache.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-48291?
- CVE-2023-48291 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-12-21.
- How severe is CVE-2023-48291?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-48291 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.