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Vulnerability details: VCID-u7dn-13j9-jkex
Vulnerability ID VCID-u7dn-13j9-jkex
Aliases BIT-airflow-2024-45498
CVE-2024-45498
GHSA-c392-whpc-vfpr
PYSEC-2024-266
Summary Example DAG: example_inlet_event_extra.py shipped with Apache Airflow version 2.10.0 has a vulnerability that allows an authenticated attacker with only DAG trigger permission to execute arbitrary commands. If you used that example as the base of your DAGs - please review if you have not copied the dangerous example; see https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873  for more information. We recommend against exposing the example DAGs in your deployment. If you must expose the example DAGs, upgrade Airflow to version 2.10.1 or later.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
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 0.01625 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-45498
epss 0.01625 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-45498
epss 0.01625 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-45498
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c392-whpc-vfpr
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c392-whpc-vfpr
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/apache/airflow
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/apache/airflow
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/apache/airflow
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/09ec2616568f8a18e0d5fe408110fae06ddf748f
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/09ec2616568f8a18e0d5fe408110fae06ddf748f
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/09ec2616568f8a18e0d5fe408110fae06ddf748f
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873
ssvc Track https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2024-266.yaml
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2024-266.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2024-266.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread/tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n
cvssv4 8.7 https://lists.apache.org/thread/tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread/tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n
ssvc Track https://lists.apache.org/thread/tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45498
cvssv4 8.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45498
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45498
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
cvssv4 8.7 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
generic_textual HIGH https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
cvssv3.1 8.8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
cvssv4 8.7 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
generic_textual HIGH http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-45498
https://github.com/apache/airflow
https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/09ec2616568f8a18e0d5fe408110fae06ddf748f
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2024-266.yaml
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
41873 https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873
CVE-2024-45498 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45498
GHSA-c392-whpc-vfpr https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c392-whpc-vfpr
tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n https://lists.apache.org/thread/tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c392-whpc-vfpr
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:L/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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/09ec2616568f8a18e0d5fe408110fae06ddf748f
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/09ec2616568f8a18e0d5fe408110fae06ddf748f
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-04T16:24:42Z/ Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/41873
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2024-266.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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-2024-266.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-04T16:24:42Z/ Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45498
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45498
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.82275
EPSS Score 0.01625
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-10T18:32:24.454404+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2024/45xxx/CVE-2024-45498.json 38.6.0