CVE-2020-11981 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. When using CeleryExecutor, if an attacker can connect to the broker (Redis, RabbitMQ) directly, it is possible to inject commands, resulting in the celery worker running arbitrary commands.

Published: 2020-07-16

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 36.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apache Software Foundation

Apache Airflow

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.10.10 and below`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-976r-qfjj-c24w	Command injection via Celery broker in Apache Airflow

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.36537.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E

History

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Apache Airflow

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2020-07-16T23:21:18.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T11:48:57.081Z

Reserved: 2020-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-11981

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-07-17T00:15:10.400

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:51:11.010

Link: CVE-2020-11981

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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