CVE-2023-39508

CVE-2023-39508: Apache Airflow: Airflow "Run task" feature allows execution with unnecessary priviledges

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Airflow
Weakness CWE-250
Published August 5, 2023
Last update February 13, 2025

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What the vulnerability does

Description

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges, : Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow.The "Run Task" feature enables authenticated user to bypass some of the restrictions put in place. It allows to execute code in the webserver context as well as allows to bypas limitation of access the user has to certain DAGs. The "Run Task" feature is considered dangerous and it has been removed entirely in Airflow 2.6.0 This issue affects Apache Airflow: before 2.6.0.

Key dates

Disclosure timeline

August 5, 2023 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated