What is CVE-2023-49920?

CVE-2023-49920 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-12-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-49920?

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

Is CVE-2023-49920 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Apache Airflow

CVE-2023-49920

Apache Airflow, version 2.7.0 through 2.7.3, has a vulnerability that allows an attacker to trigger a DAG in a GET request without CSRF validation. As a result, it was possible for a malicious website opened in the same browser - by the user who also had Airflow UI opened - to trigger the execution of DAGs without the user's consent. Users are advised to upgrade to version 2.8.0 or later which is not affected

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Apache Airflow
Apache Software Foundation Airflow — versions 2.7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

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-2023-49920?: CVE-2023-49920 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-12-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-49920?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-49920 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.