Cross-site request forgery in Apache Airflow
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
A number of HTTP endpoints in the Airflow webserver (both RBAC and classic) did not have adequate protection and were vulnerable to cross-site request forgery attacks.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01563 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed apache-airflow (PyPI): 1.10.3
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 Airflow | Apache Airflow <= 1.10.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | apache-airflow (PyPI) | before 1.10.3 | 1.10.3 | Patch available | GHSA-w6j4-3gh2-9f5j |
- Apache Airflow Vendor— Affected Apache Airflow <= 1.10.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- apache-airflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.10.3 Fixed in 1.10.3 Patch available GHSA-w6j4-3gh2-9f5j
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-w6j4-3gh2-9f5j apache-airflow (PyPI) Fixed in 1.10.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-0229
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w6j4-3gh2-9f5j
References
Advisory 3
Other 5
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2de387213d45bc626d27554a1bde7b8c67d08720901f82a50b6f4231%40%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/apache/airflow
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2019-215.yaml
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2de387213d45bc626d27554a1bde7b8c67d08720901f82a50b6f4231@%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3E
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227081055/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107869
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-2019-0229 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-0229 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w6j4-3gh2-9f5j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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