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SCA: security update for apache-airflow (GHSA-9gqg-3fxr-9hv7)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422016

Description

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

 - In Apache Airflow 1.8.2 and earlier, an experimental Airflow feature displayed authenticated cookies, as
 well as passwords to databases used by Airflow. An attacker who has limited access to airflow, whether it
 be via XSS or by leaving a machine unlocked can exfiltrate all credentials from the system.
 (CVE-2017-17836)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gqg-3fxr-9hv7

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 422016

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-17836

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17836

BID: 106738

cwe: CWE-79