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CVE-2023-39508

UNKNOWN
Published 2023-08-05T06:47:14.951Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
8.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.004
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.606
Higher than 60.6% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Apache Software Foundation

Apache Airflow

Affected Versions:

0
apache

airflow

Affected Versions:

0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

Apache Airflow Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

GHSA-269x-pg5c-5xgm

Advisory Details

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 Packages

PyPI apache-airflow
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <2.6.0b1

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39508
WEB https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29706
WEB https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/101d59c4b88ab979d305b8d96f612c27c8a44aa8
PACKAGE https://github.com/apache/airflow
WEB https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-134.yaml
WEB https://lists.apache.org/thread/j2nkjd0zqvtqk85s6ywpx3c35pvzyx15
WEB http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: August 5, 2023, Modified: February 13, 2025

References

https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29706
https://lists.apache.org/thread/j2nkjd0zqvtqk85s6ywpx3c35pvzyx15
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43
Published: 2023-08-05T06:47:14.951Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-13T17:03:08.290Z
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