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Vulnerability details: VCID-53rr-p2an-3bg9
Vulnerability ID VCID-53rr-p2an-3bg9
Aliases CVE-2024-45498
GHSA-c392-whpc-vfpr
PYSEC-2024-266
Summary Example DAG: example_inlet_event_extra.py shipped with Apache Airflow version 2.10.0 has a vulnerability that allows an authenticated attacker with only DAG trigger permission to execute arbitrary commands. If you used that example as the base of your DAGs - please review if you have not copied the dangerous example; see https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873  for more information. We recommend against exposing the example DAGs in your deployment. If you must expose the example DAGs, upgrade Airflow to version 2.10.1 or later.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/apache/airflow
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/apache/airflow
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/apache/airflow
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/09ec2616568f8a18e0d5fe408110fae06ddf748f
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/09ec2616568f8a18e0d5fe408110fae06ddf748f
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/09ec2616568f8a18e0d5fe408110fae06ddf748f
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread/tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n
cvssv4 8.7 https://lists.apache.org/thread/tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread/tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45498
cvssv4 8.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45498
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45498
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
cvssv4 8.7 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
generic_textual HIGH https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
cvssv3.1 8.8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/apache/airflow
https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/09ec2616568f8a18e0d5fe408110fae06ddf748f
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873
https://lists.apache.org/thread/tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
CVE-2024-45498 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45498
GHSA-c392-whpc-vfpr https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c392-whpc-vfpr
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow
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Vector: 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 Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/09ec2616568f8a18e0d5fe408110fae06ddf748f
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Vector: 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 Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/09ec2616568f8a18e0d5fe408110fae06ddf748f
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873
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Vector: 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 Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n
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Vector: 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 Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45498
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Vector: 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 Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45498
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
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Vector: 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 Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
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No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.

Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:21:48.774518+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2024-266.yaml 38.6.0