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Vulnerability details: VCID-974g-7wsa-dqd7
Vulnerability ID VCID-974g-7wsa-dqd7
Aliases CVE-2024-29735
GHSA-cff3-5qrp-hqx7
Summary Apache Airflow Improper Preservation of Permissions vulnerability Improper Preservation of Permissions vulnerability in Apache Airflow. This issue affects Apache Airflow from 2.8.2 through 2.8.3. Airflow's local file task handler in Airflow incorrectly set permissions for all parent folders of log folder, in default configuration adding write access to Unix group of the folders. In the case Airflow is run with the root user (not recommended) it added group write permission to all folders up to the root of the filesystem. If your log files are stored in the home directory, these permission changes might impact your ability to run SSH operations after your home directory becomes group-writeable. This issue does not affect users who use or extend Airflow using Official Airflow Docker reference images ( https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/airflow/ ) - those images require to have group write permission set anyway. You are affected only if you install Airflow using local installation / virtualenv or other Docker images, but the issue has no impact if docker containers are used as intended, i.e. where Airflow components do not share containers with other applications and users. Also you should not be affected if your umask is 002 (group write enabled) - this is the default on many linux systems. Recommendation for users using Airflow outside of the containers:
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions
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 5.3 https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/configurations-ref.html#file-task-handler-new-folder-permissions
generic_textual MODERATE https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/configurations-ref.html#file-task-handler-new-folder-permissions
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29735
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cff3-5qrp-hqx7
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/apache/airflow
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/airflow
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/aae4a83cdfb3be4afeefd88a7bfa3c4d8d184958
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/aae4a83cdfb3be4afeefd88a7bfa3c4d8d184958
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/37200
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/37200
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/37310
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/37310
ssvc Track https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/37310
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://lists.apache.org/thread/8khb1rtbznh100o325fb8xw5wjvtv536
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread/8khb1rtbznh100o325fb8xw5wjvtv536
ssvc Track https://lists.apache.org/thread/8khb1rtbznh100o325fb8xw5wjvtv536
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29735
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29735
cvssv3.1 5.3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/26/2
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/26/2
ssvc Track http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/26/2
Reference id Reference type URL
https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/configurations-ref.html#file-task-handler-new-folder-permissions
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-29735
https://github.com/apache/airflow
https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/aae4a83cdfb3be4afeefd88a7bfa3c4d8d184958
https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/37200
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/37310
https://lists.apache.org/thread/8khb1rtbznh100o325fb8xw5wjvtv536
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/26/2
CVE-2024-29735 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29735
GHSA-cff3-5qrp-hqx7 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cff3-5qrp-hqx7
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/configurations-ref.html#file-task-handler-new-folder-permissions
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/aae4a83cdfb3be4afeefd88a7bfa3c4d8d184958
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/37200
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/37310
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-08T14:08:38Z/ Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/37310
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/8khb1rtbznh100o325fb8xw5wjvtv536
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-08T14:08:38Z/ Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/8khb1rtbznh100o325fb8xw5wjvtv536
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29735
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/26/2
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-08T14:08:38Z/ Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/26/2
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.52656
EPSS Score 0.0029
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T21:03:43.179517+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/pypi/apache-airflow/CVE-2024-29735.yml 38.6.0