CVE-2021-26559

Summary

CVECVE-2021-26559
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-17 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:31:00 UTC
DescriptionImproper 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Airflow 2.0.0 All All All
Application Apache Airflow 2.0.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2021-26559: Apache Airflow 2.0.0: CWE-284 Improper Access Control on Configurations Endpoint for the Stable API MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[announce] 20210217 CVE-2021-26559: Apache Airflow: CWE-284 Privilege Escalation Attack lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Apache Airflow would like to thank Ian Carroll for reporting this issue.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 982813 Python (pip) Security Update for apache-airflow (GHSA-ffw3-6mp6-jmvj)
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