BIT-airflow-2021-26559

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    BIT-airflow-2021-26559

    Published: 6 Mar 2024Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026

    Summary: CWE-284 Improper Access Control on Configurations Endpoint for the Stable API

    Details: Improper Access Control on Configurations Endpoint for the Stable API of Apache Airflow allows users with Viewer or User role to get Airflow Configurations including sensitive information even when `[webserver] expose_config` is set to `False` in `airflow.cfg`. This allowed a privilege escalation attack. This issue affects Apache Airflow 2.0.0.

    References: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/17/1, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3b3787700279ec361308cbefb7c2cce2acb26891a12ce864e4a13c8d%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd142565996d7ee847b9c14b8a9921dcf80bc6bc160e3d9dca6dfc2f8%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26559

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: airflow

    Purl: pkg:bitnami/airflow

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.0.0
    Fixed -2.0.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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