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Vulnerability details: VCID-kgfb-yphg-n3ec
Vulnerability ID VCID-kgfb-yphg-n3ec
Aliases BIT-airflow-2023-25754
CVE-2023-25754
GHSA-jchm-fm4q-c2fp
PYSEC-2023-59
Summary Privilege Context Switching Error vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow.This issue affects Apache Airflow: before 2.6.0.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-270 Privilege Context Switching Error
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
epss 0.00499 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25754
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jchm-fm4q-c2fp
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/apache/airflow
cvssv4 9.3 https://github.com/apache/airflow
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/apache/airflow
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/18347d36e67894604436f3ef47d273532683b473
cvssv4 9.3 https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/18347d36e67894604436f3ef47d273532683b473
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/18347d36e67894604436f3ef47d273532683b473
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29506
cvssv4 9.3 https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29506
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29506
ssvc Track https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29506
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/apache/airflow/releases/tag/2.6.0
cvssv4 9.3 https://github.com/apache/airflow/releases/tag/2.6.0
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/apache/airflow/releases/tag/2.6.0
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-59.yaml
cvssv4 9.3 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-59.yaml
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-59.yaml
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread/3y83gr0qb8t49ppfk4fb2yk7md8ltq4v
cvssv4 9.3 https://lists.apache.org/thread/3y83gr0qb8t49ppfk4fb2yk7md8ltq4v
generic_textual CRITICAL https://lists.apache.org/thread/3y83gr0qb8t49ppfk4fb2yk7md8ltq4v
ssvc Track https://lists.apache.org/thread/3y83gr0qb8t49ppfk4fb2yk7md8ltq4v
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25754
cvssv4 9.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25754
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25754
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/2
cvssv4 9.3 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/2
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/2
cvssv3.1 9.8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/2
cvssv4 9.3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/2
generic_textual CRITICAL http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/2
ssvc Track http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/2
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25754
https://github.com/apache/airflow
https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/18347d36e67894604436f3ef47d273532683b473
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29506
https://github.com/apache/airflow/releases/tag/2.6.0
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-59.yaml
https://lists.apache.org/thread/3y83gr0qb8t49ppfk4fb2yk7md8ltq4v
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/2
CVE-2023-25754 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25754
GHSA-jchm-fm4q-c2fp https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jchm-fm4q-c2fp
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:N/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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/18347d36e67894604436f3ef47d273532683b473
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/18347d36e67894604436f3ef47d273532683b473
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29506
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29506
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: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-10T19:27:15Z/ Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29506
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/releases/tag/2.6.0
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/releases/tag/2.6.0
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-59.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-59.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/3y83gr0qb8t49ppfk4fb2yk7md8ltq4v
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/3y83gr0qb8t49ppfk4fb2yk7md8ltq4v
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: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-10T19:27:15Z/ Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/3y83gr0qb8t49ppfk4fb2yk7md8ltq4v
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25754
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25754
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/2
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/2
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/2
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/2
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-10T19:27:15Z/ Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/2
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.66216
EPSS Score 0.00499
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:31:45.825526+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-59.yaml 38.6.0