Apache · Airflow
CVE-2020-11978
Apache Airflow Command Injection
What it is
An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. A remote code/command injection vulnerability was discovered in one of the example DAGs shipped with Airflow which would allow any authenticated user to run arbitrary commands as the user running airflow worker/scheduler (depending on the executor in use). If you already have examples disabled by setting load_examples=False in the config then you are not vulnerable.
CISA: A remote code/command injection vulnerability was discovered in one of the example DAGs shipped with Airflow.
What to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Deadline for US federal agencies: July 18, 2022
- Added to the CISA list
- January 18, 2022
- Published
- July 16, 2020
- Severity
- High 8.8 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 99.2% in the top 0.1% of all known vulnerabilities
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (3)
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| Added | Vulnerability | Product | Severity | Attack chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | Command Injection | Struts | High 8.1 | 97% |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data | Tomcat | High 7.5 | 99% |
| Apr 16, 2026 | Improper Input Validation | ActiveMQ | High 8.8 | 98% |
| May 1, 2025 | Improper Escaping of Output | HTTP Server | Critical 9.1 | >99.9% |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Path Equivalence | Tomcat | Critical 10.0 | 99.9% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Forced Browsing | OFBiz | Critical 9.8 | >99.9% |
| Sep 18, 2024 | Improper Access Control | HugeGraph-Server | Critical 9.8 | 99.2% |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Incorrect Authorization | OFBiz | High 8.1 | 99.4% |
Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.