Resource management error in Apache Airflow - CVE-2023-36543
Published: February 2, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU86028
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36543
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application. A remote user can send specially crafted request to the application and make the current request hang, resulting in resource exhaustion leading to denial of service.
Affected software
Apache Airflow
How to mitigate CVE-2023-36543
Install updates from vendor's website.
Apache Airflow - update to 2.6.3