cve-2021-26559
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-02-17 14:15
Modified
2025-02-13 16:27
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
0.30% (0.52534)
Summary
Improper Access Control on Configurations Endpoint for the Stable API of Apache Airflow allows users with Viewer or User role to get Airflow Configurations including sensitive information even when `[webserver] expose_config` is set to `False` in `airflow.cfg`. This allowed a privilege escalation attack. This issue affects Apache Airflow 2.0.0.
References
security@apache.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/17/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3b3787700279ec361308cbefb7c2cce2acb26891a12ce864e4a13c8d%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3EMailing List, Vendor Advisory
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd142565996d7ee847b9c14b8a9921dcf80bc6bc160e3d9dca6dfc2f8%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/17/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3b3787700279ec361308cbefb7c2cce2acb26891a12ce864e4a13c8d%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3EMailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd142565996d7ee847b9c14b8a9921dcf80bc6bc160e3d9dca6dfc2f8%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
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Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Version: Apache Airflow 2.0.0
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