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GSD-2020-11978

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22

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An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. A remote code/command injection vulnerability was discovered in one of the example DAGs shipped with Airflow which would allow any authenticated user to run arbitrary commands as the user running airflow worker/scheduler (depending on the executor in use). If you already have examples disabled by setting load_examples=False in the config then you are not vulnerable.

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CVE-2020-11978

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CVE-2020-11978

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CVE-2020-11978 (GCVE-0-2020-11978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-16 00:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:35

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-06 20:53 UTC

CWE

Remote Code Execution
CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Assigner

apache mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be35…
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162908/Apach…
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174764/Apach…
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Airflow	Affected: 1.10.10 and below

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