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SCA: security update for apache-airflow (GHSA-269x-pg5c-5xgm)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 408732

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2023-39508)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-269x-pg5c-5xgm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 408732

Version: Revision 1.14

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: 96.99

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-39508

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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: 8/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39508

cwe: CWE-200