Apache Airflow: Overly broad default permissions for Viewer/Ops (audit logs)
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Apache Airflow, versions before 2.8.2, has a vulnerability that allows authenticated Ops and Viewers users to view all information on audit logs, including dag names and usernames they were not permitted to view. With 2.8.2 and newer, Ops and Viewer users do not have audit log permission by default, they need to be explicitly granted permissions to see the logs. Only admin users have audit log permission by default. Users of Apache Airflow are recommended to upgrade to version 2.8.2 or newer to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache Airflow | before 2.8.2 | 2.8.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | apache-airflow (PyPI) | before 2.8.2 | 2.8.2 | Patch available | GHSA-6xwf-xvf3-v459 |
- Apache Airflow VendorApache Affected before 2.8.2 Fixed in 2.8.2 Patch available CNA
- apache-airflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.8.2 Fixed in 2.8.2 Patch available GHSA-6xwf-xvf3-v459
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 2.8.2
- Fix · GHSA-6xwf-xvf3-v459 apache-airflow (PyPI) Fixed in 2.8.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-26280
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6xwf-xvf3-v459
References
Advisory 3
Other 8
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/1a96407cd2d76616c1137de288f092d4f3b097fa
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/7f10998c17ab9d725bc8671deb4c12d672bfba99
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/8324c87e05741e5a673c43b315619a3788bacc2e
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/8463ee4f25114a6c5fb2408d6026afe94bdf106d
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/f2ea8a3e1753012bfe0d529c9c8be66cf55ca28f
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/f4b9cc74976b7df1acbc3c63471b5751b3e2c40c
- https://github.com/apache/airflow
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2024-42.yaml
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-2024-26280 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-26280 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6xwf-xvf3-v459 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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