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Vulnerability details: VCID-nfbc-tutd-37bw
Vulnerability ID VCID-nfbc-tutd-37bw
Aliases BIT-airflow-2023-50783
CVE-2023-50783
GHSA-5938-79hg-xh3q
PYSEC-2023-267
Summary Apache Airflow, versions before 2.8.0, is affected by a vulnerability that allows an authenticated user without the variable edit permission, to update a variable. This flaw compromises the integrity of variable management, potentially leading to unauthorized data modification. Users are recommended to upgrade to 2.8.0, which fixes this issue
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.9
Risk 3.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
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 0.00041 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-50783
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/33932
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread/rs7cr3yp726mb89s1m844hy9pq7frgcn
cvssv3.1 6.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/4
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-50783
https://github.com/apache/airflow
https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/0e1c106d7cd0703125528a691088e42e17c99929
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/33932
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-267.yaml
https://lists.apache.org/thread/rs7cr3yp726mb89s1m844hy9pq7frgcn
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/4
CVE-2023-50783 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50783
GHSA-5938-79hg-xh3q https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5938-79hg-xh3q
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/33932
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/rs7cr3yp726mb89s1m844hy9pq7frgcn
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/4
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.12945
EPSS Score 0.00041
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:33:34.371730+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-267.yaml 38.6.0