CVE-2021-38540

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-38540
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-09-09 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:37:00 UTC
DescriptionThe variable import endpoint was not protected by authentication in Airflow >=2.0.0, <2.1.3. This allowed unauthenticated users to hit that endpoint to add/modify Airflow variables used in DAGs, potentially resulting in a denial of service, information disclosure or remote code execution. This issue affects Apache Airflow >=2.0.0, <2.1.3.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-306

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Airflow All All All All

References

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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Apache Airflow would like to thank Nathan Jones, National Australia Bank’s Offensive Security Team

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