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Vulnerability details: VCID-syqv-6kj7-j3e5
Vulnerability ID VCID-syqv-6kj7-j3e5
Aliases CVE-2020-11978
GHSA-rvmq-4x66-q7j3
PYSEC-2020-14
Summary An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. A remote code/command injection vulnerability was discovered in one of the example DAGs shipped with Airflow which would allow any authenticated user to run arbitrary commands as the user running airflow worker/scheduler (depending on the executor in use). If you already have examples disabled by setting load_examples=False in the config then you are not vulnerable.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
System Score Found at
epss 0.94272 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-11978
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rvmq-4x66-q7j3
Reference id Reference type URL
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162908/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174764/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-11978
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rvmq-4x66-q7j3
https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/2fa51576e1283f5732e38fada686fd248d9c3a1e
https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/4d8599e8b0520ff4226fbad72f724afae50fdd08
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/9143
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2020-14.yaml
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11978
CVE-2020-11978 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11978
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.9994
EPSS Score 0.94272
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:19:30.861161+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2020-14.yaml 38.6.0