Cross-site scripting in Apache Airflow
Priority LOW 31CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
It was noticed an XSS in certain 404 pages that could be exploited to perform an XSS attack. Chrome will detect this as a reflected XSS attempt and prevent the page from loading. Firefox and other browsers don't, and are vulnerable to this attack. Mitigation: The fix for this is to upgrade to Apache Airflow 1.9.0 or above.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02003 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation): 1.9.0apache-airflow (PyPI): 1.9.0
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache Airflow | before 1.9.0 | 1.9.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | apache-airflow (PyPI) | before 1.9.0 | 1.9.0 | Patch available | GHSA-rv25-9wgj-xg75 |
- Apache Airflow VendorApache Affected before 1.9.0 Fixed in 1.9.0 Patch available CNA
- apache-airflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.9.0 Fixed in 1.9.0 Patch available GHSA-rv25-9wgj-xg75
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 1.9.0
- Fix · GHSA-rv25-9wgj-xg75 apache-airflow (PyPI) Fixed in 1.9.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-12614
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rv25-9wgj-xg75
References
Other 6
- [dev] 20180806 CVE-2017-12614 XSS Vulnerability in Airflow < 1.9
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/e1a2d74c0045c9231f7a5365c956b8e048dd6af3
- https://devhub.checkmarx.com/cve-details/cve-2017-12614
- https://github.com/apache/airflow
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2018-45.yaml
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2c72480c76619c5e7793f0d213c34082f0598eaa4d212172f068940f@%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3E
More Apache Airflow vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-10905 Missing authentication in Apache Airflow KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-09638 OS command injection in Apache Airflow KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-19017 Apache Airflow <2.4.0 has an RCE in a bash example CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-16140 Apache Airflow: Variable Import endpoint missed authentication check CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-08169 Apache Airflow: RCE in example DAGs CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-26776 Apache Airflow: DAG Author Code Execution possibility in airflow-scheduler CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-12614 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-12614 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rv25-9wgj-xg75 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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