Apache Airflow: Privilege escalation using airflow logs
Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-270Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Privilege Context Switching Error vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow.This issue affects Apache Airflow: before 2.6.0.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0228 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation): 2.6.0apache-airflow (PyPI): 2.6.0b1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache Airflow | before 2.6.0 | 2.6.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | apache-airflow (PyPI) | before 2.6.0b1 | 2.6.0b1 | Patch available | GHSA-jchm-fm4q-c2fp |
- Apache Airflow VendorApache Affected before 2.6.0 Fixed in 2.6.0 Patch available CNA
- apache-airflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.6.0b1 Fixed in 2.6.0b1 Patch available GHSA-jchm-fm4q-c2fp
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 2.6.0
- Fix · GHSA-jchm-fm4q-c2fp apache-airflow (PyPI) Fixed in 2.6.0b1 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Apache Airflow 2.6.0
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-13659 Stored XSS on Apache AirflowPriority LOW 28
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-25754
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jchm-fm4q-c2fp
References
Advisory 3
Other 5
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/18347d36e67894604436f3ef47d273532683b473
- https://github.com/apache/airflow
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/releases/tag/2.6.0
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2023-59.yaml
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/08/2
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-2023-25754 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-25754 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jchm-fm4q-c2fp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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