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TI-2023-22883 Aliases CVE-2023-42792GHSA-j3w8-2p2h-mrr9

Apache Airflow: Improper access control to DAG resources

Priority LOW 33CWE-668Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Apache Airflow, in versions prior to 2.7.2, contains a security vulnerability that allows an authenticated user with limited access to some DAGs, to craft a request that could give the user write access to various DAG resources for DAGs that the user had no access to, thus, enabling the user to clear DAGs they shouldn't. Users of Apache Airflow are strongly advised to upgrade to version 2.7.2 or newer to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01901 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation): 2.7.2apache-airflow (PyPI): 2.7.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ApacheApache Airflowbefore 2.7.22.7.2Patch availableCNA
—apache-airflow (PyPI)before 2.7.22.7.2Patch availableGHSA-j3w8-2p2h-mrr9
  • Apache Airflow VendorApache Affected before 2.7.2 Fixed in 2.7.2 Patch available CNA
  • apache-airflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.7.2 Fixed in 2.7.2 Patch available GHSA-j3w8-2p2h-mrr9

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.7.2VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.7.2 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 2.7.2
  • Fix · GHSA-j3w8-2p2h-mrr9 apache-airflow (PyPI) Fixed in 2.7.2 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Apache Airflow 2.7.2

    4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2023-22767 Apache Airflow: Bypass permission verification to view task instances of other dagsPriority LOW 33
    • TI-2023-22871 Apache Airflow: Improper access control vulnerability in the "List dag warnings" featurePriority LOW 32
    • TI-2023-24306 Apache Airflow: Configuration information leakage vulnerabilityPriority LOW 23
    Show all 4 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-42792
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j3w8-2p2h-mrr9

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • 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
See all 157 →

Sources

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