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SCA: security update for apache-airflow (GHSA-h88f-r7cw-8fv3)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 415590

Description

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

 - The variable import endpoint was not protected by authentication in Airflow >=2.0.0, <2.1.3. This allowed
 unauthenticated users to hit that endpoint to add/modify Airflow variables used in DAGs, potentially
 resulting in a denial of service, information disclosure or remote code execution. This issue affects
 Apache Airflow >=2.0.0, <2.1.3. (CVE-2021-38540)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h88f-r7cw-8fv3

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 415590

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 97.35

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-38540

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-38540

cwe: CWE-306