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TI-2024-18980 Aliases CVE-2024-28746GHSA-h574-6646-vfxx

Apache Airflow: Ignored Airflow Permissions

Priority LOW 38CWE-281Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

Apache Airflow, versions 2.8.0 through 2.8.2, has a vulnerability that allows an authenticated user with limited permissions to access resources such as variables, connections, etc from the UI which they do not have permission to access.  Users of Apache Airflow are recommended to upgrade to version 2.8.3 or newer to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01332 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation): 2.8.3apache-airflow (PyPI): 2.8.3rc1

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 Airflow2.8.0 to before 2.8.32.8.3Patch availableCNA
—apache-airflow (PyPI)2.8.0 to before 2.8.3rc12.8.3rc1Patch availableGHSA-h574-6646-vfxx
  • Apache Airflow VendorApache Affected 2.8.0 to before 2.8.3 Fixed in 2.8.3 Patch available CNA
  • apache-airflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.8.0 to before 2.8.3rc1 Fixed in 2.8.3rc1 Patch available GHSA-h574-6646-vfxx

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.8.0 to before 2.8.3VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.8.0 to before 2.8.3 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 2.8.3
  • Fix · GHSA-h574-6646-vfxx apache-airflow (PyPI) Fixed in 2.8.3rc1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-28746
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h574-6646-vfxx

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

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
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Sources

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