The lineage endpoint of the deprecated Experimental API was not protected by authentication in Airflow 2.0.0. This allowed unauthenticated users to hit that endpoint. This is low-severity issue as the attacker needs to be aware of certain parameters to pass to that endpoint and even after can just get some metadata about a DAG and a Task. This issue affects Apache Airflow 2.0.0.
CVE-2021-26697
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.3 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit-prediction score not yet available (the EPSS model rescores nightly; freshly-published CVEs typically appear within 48 hours). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3(low)
- EPSS
- 90.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 17, 2021
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (10)
- security@apachehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/17/2
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36111262a59219a3e2704c71e97cf84937dae5ba7a1da99499e5d8f9%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re21fec81baea7a6d73b0b5d31efd07cc02c61f832e297f65bb19b519%40%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re21fec81baea7a6d73b0b5d31efd07cc02c61f832e297f65bb19b519%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re21fec81baea7a6d73b0b5d31efd07cc02c61f832e297f65bb19b519%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/17/2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36111262a59219a3e2704c71e97cf84937dae5ba7a1da99499e5d8f9%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re21fec81baea7a6d73b0b5d31efd07cc02c61f832e297f65bb19b519%40%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3E
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re21fec81baea7a6d73b0b5d31efd07cc02c61f832e297f65bb19b519%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re21fec81baea7a6d73b0b5d31efd07cc02c61f832e297f65bb19b519%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
Affected Packages
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PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache-airflow | 1.8.1 ... 2.0.1rc2 (70 versions) | 2.0.1 | — |
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