Command Injection in Apache Airflow - CVE-2020-11978
Published: July 20, 2020 / Updated: September 19, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31687
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11978
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in example dag. A remote authenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
Affected software
Apache Airflow
How to mitigate CVE-2020-11978
Install updates from vendor's website.
Apache Airflow - update to 1.10.11
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #9342 - Apache Airflow 1.10.10 - Example DAG Remote Code Execution (September 19, 2023)
- Exploit #5577 - Apache Airflow 1.10.10 - 'Example Dag' Remote Code Execution (June 17, 2021)
- Exploit #5512 - CVE-2020-11978 (PoC of how to exploit a RCE vulnerability of the example DAGs in Apache Airflow <1.10.11 ) (June 1, 2021)