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Vulnerability details: VCID-unq1-wwfg-6ydk
Vulnerability ID VCID-unq1-wwfg-6ydk
Aliases BIT-airflow-2023-49920
CVE-2023-49920
GHSA-6m9r-7wrx-xmr6
PYSEC-2023-266
Summary Apache Airflow, version 2.7.0 through 2.7.3, has a vulnerability that allows an attacker to trigger a DAG in a GET request without CSRF validation. As a result, it was possible for a malicious website opened in the same browser - by the user who also had Airflow UI opened - to trigger the execution of DAGs without the user's consent. Users are advised to upgrade to version 2.8.0 or later which is not affected
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.9
Risk 3.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
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 0.00239 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-49920
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6m9r-7wrx-xmr6
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/commit/f5d802791fa5f6b13b635f06a1ea2eccc22a9ba7
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/f5d802791fa5f6b13b635f06a1ea2eccc22a9ba7
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/36026
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/36026
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-266.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-266.yaml
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread/mnwd2vcfw3gms6ft6kl951vfbqrxsnjq
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread/mnwd2vcfw3gms6ft6kl951vfbqrxsnjq
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49920
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49920
cvssv3.1 6.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/3
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/3
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-49920
https://github.com/apache/airflow
https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/f5d802791fa5f6b13b635f06a1ea2eccc22a9ba7
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/36026
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-266.yaml
https://lists.apache.org/thread/mnwd2vcfw3gms6ft6kl951vfbqrxsnjq
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/3
CVE-2023-49920 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49920
GHSA-6m9r-7wrx-xmr6 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6m9r-7wrx-xmr6
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/f5d802791fa5f6b13b635f06a1ea2eccc22a9ba7
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/36026
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-266.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/mnwd2vcfw3gms6ft6kl951vfbqrxsnjq
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49920
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/3
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.4712
EPSS Score 0.00239
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:33:36.113584+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-266.yaml 38.6.0