{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-07-23T19:19:53+00:00","cve":"CVE-2020-11981","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2020-11981","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2020-11981.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11981","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11981"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2020-11981","description":"An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. When using CeleryExecutor, if an attacker can connect to the broker (Redis, RabbitMQ) directly, it is possible to inject commands, resulting in the celery worker running arbitrary commands.","state":"PUBLIC","assigner":"security@apache.org","published_at":"2020-07-17 00:15:00","updated_at":"2020-07-24 18:19:00"},"problem_types":["CWE-78"],"metrics":[],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E","name":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E","refsource":"MISC","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"title":"Pony Mail!","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11981","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11981","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2020","cve_id":"11981","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1.10.10","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"apache","cpe5":"airflow","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[{"cve":"CVE-2020-11981","qid":"377697","title":"FortiAnalyzer - Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apache Airflow (FG-IR-22-008)"},{"cve":"CVE-2020-11981","qid":"43935","title":"FortiAnalyzer - Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Airflow (FG-IR-22-008)"},{"cve":"CVE-2020-11981","qid":"980747","title":"Python (pip) Security Update for apache-airflow (GHSA-976r-qfjj-c24w)"}]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"data_type":"CVE","data_format":"MITRE","data_version":"4.0","CVE_data_meta":{"ID":"CVE-2020-11981","ASSIGNER":"security@apache.org","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"vendor_name":"Apache Software Foundation","product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"Apache Airflow","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"1.10.10 and below"}]}}]}}]}},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"Remote Code Execution"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"refsource":"MISC","name":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E"}]},"description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. When using CeleryExecutor, if an attacker can connect to the broker (Redis, RabbitMQ) directly, it is possible to inject commands, resulting in the celery worker running arbitrary commands."}]}},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2020-07-17 00:15:00","lastModifiedDate":"2020-07-24 18:19:00","problem_types":["CWE-78"],"metrics":{"baseMetricV3":{"cvssV3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL"},"exploitabilityScore":3.9,"impactScore":5.9},"baseMetricV2":{"cvssV2":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"PARTIAL","integrityImpact":"PARTIAL","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL","baseScore":7.5},"severity":"HIGH","exploitabilityScore":10,"impactScore":6.4,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}},"configurations":{"CVE_data_version":"4.0","nodes":[{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndIncluding":"1.10.10","cpe_name":[]}]}]}},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2020","CveId":"11981","Ordinal":"173119","Title":"CVE-2020-11981","CVE":"CVE-2020-11981","Year":"2020"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2020","CveId":"11981","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. When using CeleryExecutor, if an attacker can connect to the broker (Redis, RabbitMQ) directly, it is possible to inject commands, resulting in the celery worker running arbitrary commands.","Type":"Description","Title":null},{"CveYear":"2020","CveId":"11981","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2020-07-16","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2020","CveId":"11981","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2020-07-16","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}