{"id":"GHSA-rvmq-4x66-q7j3","summary":"Remote code execution (RCE) in Apache Airflow","details":"An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. A remote code/command injection vulnerability was discovered in one of the example DAGs shipped with Airflow which would allow any authenticated user to run arbitrary commands as the user running airflow worker/scheduler (depending on the executor in use). If you already have examples disabled by setting `load_examples=False` in the config then you are not vulnerable.","aliases":["BIT-airflow-2020-11978","CVE-2020-11978","PYSEC-2020-14"],"modified":"2025-10-22T18:01:06.334817Z","published":"2020-07-27T16:57:33Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-77","CWE-78"],"severity":"HIGH","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2020-07-27T16:54:51Z","nvd_published_at":"2020-07-17T00:15:00Z"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11978"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/9143"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/2fa51576e1283f5732e38fada686fd248d9c3a1e"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/4d8599e8b0520ff4226fbad72f724afae50fdd08"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/apache/airflow"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2020-14.yaml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11978"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162908/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174764/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"apache-airflow","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/apache-airflow"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.10.11rc1"}]}],"versions":["1.10.0","1.10.1","1.10.10","1.10.10rc1","1.10.10rc2","1.10.10rc3","1.10.10rc4","1.10.10rc5","1.10.1b1","1.10.1rc2","1.10.2","1.10.2b2","1.10.2rc1","1.10.2rc2","1.10.2rc3","1.10.3","1.10.3b1","1.10.3b2","1.10.3rc1","1.10.3rc2","1.10.4","1.10.4b2","1.10.4rc1","1.10.4rc2","1.10.4rc3","1.10.4rc4","1.10.4rc5","1.10.5","1.10.5rc1","1.10.6","1.10.6rc1","1.10.6rc2","1.10.7","1.10.7rc1","1.10.7rc2","1.10.7rc3","1.10.8","1.10.8rc1","1.10.9","1.10.9rc1","1.8.1","1.8.2","1.8.2rc1","1.9.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/07/GHSA-rvmq-4x66-q7j3/GHSA-rvmq-4x66-q7j3.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A"}]}