CVE-2020-11978

Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow

Published 17 Jul 2020 · updated 17 Jun 2026 · Analyzed

8.8 High · CVSS 3.1, NVD

Exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 18 Jan 2022, with a remediation deadline of 18 Jul 2022 for US federal agencies.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

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.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/162908/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.html · Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com/files/174764/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.html · Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E · Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11978 · Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource