BIT-airflow-2021-38540

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    BIT-airflow-2021-38540

    Published: 6 Mar 2024Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026

    Summary: Apache Airflow: Variable Import endpoint missed authentication check

    Details: The variable import endpoint was not protected by authentication in Airflow >=2.0.0, <2.1.3. This allowed unauthenticated users to hit that endpoint to add/modify Airflow variables used in DAGs, potentially resulting in a denial of service, information disclosure or remote code execution. This issue affects Apache Airflow >=2.0.0, <2.1.3.

    References: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rac2ed9118f64733e47b4f1e82ddc8c8020774698f13328ca742b03a2%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb34c3dd1a815456355217eef34060789f771b6f77c3a3dec77de2064%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38540

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: airflow

    Purl: pkg:bitnami/airflow

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.0.0
    Fixed -2.1.3

    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
    BIT-airflow-2021-38540 | CVE-DB