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SCA: security update for apache-airflow (GHSA-ffw3-6mp6-jmvj)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 414485

Description

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

 - Improper Access Control on Configurations Endpoint for the Stable API of Apache Airflow allows users with
 Viewer or User role to get Airflow Configurations including sensitive information even when `[webserver]
 expose_config` is set to `False` in `airflow.cfg`. This allowed a privilege escalation attack. This issue
 affects Apache Airflow 2.0.0. (CVE-2021-26559)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ffw3-6mp6-jmvj

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 414485

Version: Revision 1.6

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: 5

Percentile: 95.09

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-26559

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-26559