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Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

CVE-2023-39508

High
8.8/10

Summary

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges, Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in apache-airflow versions prior to 2.6.0b1.The "Run Task" feature enables authenticated users to bypass some of the restrictions put in place. It allows to execute code in the webserver context as well as allows to bypass limitation of access the user has to certain DAGs. The "Run Task" feature is considered dangerous and it has been removed entirely in Airflow 2.6.0b1.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

The software performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published