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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2021-38540 – Apache Airflow Security Vulnerability

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

CVE-2021-38540

Apache Airflow could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper authentication validation by the Variable Import endpoint. By sending a specially-crafted request to add or modify Airflow variables used in DAGs, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service condition on the system.

Impact

  • Denial of Service
  • Information Theft
  • Code Execution
  • Unauthorized Access

Affected Vendors

Apache

Affected Products

  • Apache Airflow 2.0.0
  • Apache Airflow 2.1.2

Remediation

Upgrade to the latest version of Apache Airflow (2.1.3 or later), available from the Apache Web site.

https://airflow.apache.org/

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