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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2023-39508 Detail

Description

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges, : Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow.The "Run Task" feature enables authenticated user to bypass some of the restrictions put in place. It allows to execute code in the webserver context as well as allows to bypas limitation of access the user has to certain DAGs. The "Run Task" feature is considered dangerous and it has been removed entirely in Airflow 2.6.0 This issue affects Apache Airflow: before 2.6.0.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43 Not Applicable 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43 Not Applicable 
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29706 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29706 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread/j2nkjd0zqvtqk85s6ywpx3c35pvzyx15 Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread/j2nkjd0zqvtqk85s6ywpx3c35pvzyx15 Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-Other Other cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges Apache Software Foundation  
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Apache Software Foundation  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-39508
NVD Published Date:
08/05/2023
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
Apache Software Foundation