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Vulnerability details: VCID-pmtw-nwnc-nyfw
Vulnerability ID VCID-pmtw-nwnc-nyfw
Aliases BIT-airflow-2023-42792
CVE-2023-42792
GHSA-j3w8-2p2h-mrr9
PYSEC-2023-203
Summary Apache Airflow, in versions prior to 2.7.2, contains a security vulnerability that allows an authenticated user with limited access to some DAGs, to craft a request that could give the user write access to various DAG resources for DAGs that the user had no access to, thus, enabling the user to clear DAGs they shouldn't. Users of Apache Airflow are strongly advised to upgrade to version 2.7.2 or newer to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
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 0.00582 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-42792
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3w8-2p2h-mrr9
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/apache/airflow
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/airflow
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/34366
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/34366
ssvc Track https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/34366
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-203.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-203.yaml
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread/1spbo9nkn49fc2hnxqm9tf6mgqwp9tjq
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread/1spbo9nkn49fc2hnxqm9tf6mgqwp9tjq
ssvc Track https://lists.apache.org/thread/1spbo9nkn49fc2hnxqm9tf6mgqwp9tjq
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42792
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42792
cvssv3.1 6.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/1
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/1
ssvc Track http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/1
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-42792
https://github.com/apache/airflow
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/34366
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-203.yaml
https://lists.apache.org/thread/1spbo9nkn49fc2hnxqm9tf6mgqwp9tjq
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/1
CVE-2023-42792 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42792
GHSA-j3w8-2p2h-mrr9 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3w8-2p2h-mrr9
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
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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://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/34366
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-17T15:25:27Z/ Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/34366
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/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-203.yaml
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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/1spbo9nkn49fc2hnxqm9tf6mgqwp9tjq
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-17T15:25:27Z/ Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/1spbo9nkn49fc2hnxqm9tf6mgqwp9tjq
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42792
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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/2023/12/21/1
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-17T15:25:27Z/ Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/1
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.69268
EPSS Score 0.00582
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:32:54.694982+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-203.yaml 38.6.0