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Apache AirflowGHSA-hhx9-p69v-cx2j

Authentication bypass in Apache Airflow

Apache Airflow

CVE-2020-13927 · Published Apr 30, 2021 · updated Oct 22, 2025

Critical9.8
Fix: upgrade to 1.10.11 or later
GitHub advisory

The previous default setting for Airflow's Experimental API was to allow all API requests without authentication, but this poses security risks to users who miss this fact. From Airflow 1.10.11 the default has been changed to deny all requests by default and is documented at https://airflow.apache.org/docs/1.10.11/security.html#api-authentication. Note this change fixes it for new installs but existing users need to change their config to default [api]auth_backend = airflow.api.auth.backend.deny_all as mentioned in the Updating Guide: https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/1.10.11/UPDATING.md#experimental-api-will-deny-all-request-by-default

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
apache-airflow
PyPI
< 1.10.111.10.11
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