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Echo: apache-airflow: security update to 2.8.0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 461599

Description

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

 - Apache Airflow, in versions prior to 2.8.0, contains a security vulnerability that allows an authenticated
 user with limited access to some DAGs, to craft a request that could give the user write access to various
 DAG resources for DAGs that the user had no access to, thus, enabling the user to clear DAGs they
 shouldn't. This is a missing fix for CVE-2023-42792 in Apache Airflow 2.7.2 Users of Apache Airflow are
 strongly advised to upgrade to version 2.8.0 or newer to mitigate the risk associated with this
 vulnerability. (CVE-2023-48291)

Solution

Update the apache-airflow library and its related packages to version 2.8.0 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2023-48291

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 461599

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/3/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-48291

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-48291