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SCA: security update for apache-airflow (GHSA-hhx9-p69v-cx2j)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415788

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The previous default setting for Airflow's Experimental API was to allow all API requests without
 authentication, but this poses security risks to users who miss this fact. From Airflow 1.10.11 the
 default has been changed to deny all requests by default and is documented at
 https://airflow.apache.org/docs/1.10.11/security.html#api-authentication. Note this change fixes it for
 new installs but existing users need to change their config to default `[api]auth_backend =
 airflow.api.auth.backend.deny_all` as mentioned in the Updating Guide:
 https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/1.10.11/UPDATING.md#experimental-api-will-deny-all-request-by-
 default (CVE-2020-13927)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hhx9-p69v-cx2j

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 415788

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.07

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13927

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 9.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:A

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2020

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/18/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Apache Airflow 1.10.10 - Example DAG Remote Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13927