⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2022-01-18. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-07-18. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
94.1%
top 0.09%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2022-01-18
Due 2022-07-18
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedNov 10
KEV addedJan 18
Latest updateFeb 1
KEV dueJul 18
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

The previous default setting for Airflow's Experimental API was to allow all API requests without authentication, but this poses security risks to users who miss this fact. From Airflow 1.10.11 the default has been changed to deny all requests by default and is documented at https://airflow.apache.org/docs/1.10.11/security.html#api-authentication. Note this change fixes it for new installs but existing users need to change their config to default `[api]auth_backend = airflow.api.auth.backend.den

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

NVDapache/airflow< 1.10.11
CVEListV5apache_software_foundation/apache_airflowApache Airflow <1.10.11

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
Authentication bypass in Apache Airflow2021-04-30
OSV
Authentication bypass in Apache Airflow2021-04-30
CVEList
CVE-2020-13927: The previous default setting for Airflow's Experimental API was to allow all API requests without authentication, but this poses security risks to use2020-11-10
OSV
CVE-2020-13927: The previous default setting for Airflow's Experimental API was to allow all API requests without authentication, but this poses security risks to use2020-11-10
VulnCheck
Apache Airflow's Experimental API Authentication Bypass2020

💥Exploits & PoCs

3
Exploit-DB
Apache Airflow 1.10.10 - 'Example Dag' Remote Code Execution2021-06-02
Nuclei
Airflow Experimental <1.10.11 - REST API Auth Bypass
Metasploit
Apache Airflow 1.10.10 - Example DAG Remote Code Execution

🔍Detection Rules

1
Suricata
ET HUNTING Possible Apache Airflow Experimental API Authentication Bypass Attempt (CVE-2020-13927)2022-02-01

📋Vendor Advisories

1
CISA
Apache Airflow's Experimental API Authentication Bypass2022-01-18
CVE-2020-13927 — Apache Airflow vulnerability | cvebase