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    CVE-2020-11978

    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.

    Published:Jul 16, 2020
    Last Modified:Oct 23, 2025
    EPS:Jul 16, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.94269
    CVSS Score:8.8

    CISA Notification

    Description

    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.

    Required Action:

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    Jul 18, 2022
    1516 days ago
    Alert Date
    Jan 18, 2022
    1697 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Airflow

    Exploits

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162908/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174764/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162908/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174764/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49927https://github.com/pberba/CVE-2020-11978https://github.com/stuxbench/mlflow-cve-2020-11978

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