CVE-2023-39508
Description
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges, : Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow.The "Run Task" feature enables authenticated user to bypass some of the restrictions put in place. It allows to execute code in the webserver context as well as allows to bypas limitation of access the user has to certain DAGs. The "Run Task" feature is considered dangerous and it has been removed entirely in Airflow 2.6.0 This issue affects Apache Airflow: before 2.6.0.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | apache-airflow | <2.6.0b1 | 2.6.0b1 |
| PyPI | apache-airflow | <2.6.0 | 2.6.0 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39508
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29706
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/101d59c4b88ab979d305b8d96f612c27c8a44aa8
- https://github.com/apache/airflow
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-134.yaml
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/j2nkjd0zqvtqk85s6ywpx3c35pvzyx15
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.