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Apache AirflowGHSA-269x-pg5c-5xgm

Apache Airflow Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Apache Airflow

CVE-2023-39508 · Published Aug 5, 2023 · updated Feb 13, 2025

High8.8
Fix: upgrade to 2.6.0b1 or later
GitHub advisory

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.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
apache-airflow
PyPI
< 2.6.0b12.6.0b1
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