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Apache Airflow Improper Access Control vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 21, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 28, 2023

Package

pip apache-airflow (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.8.0

Patched versions

2.8.0

Description

Apache Airflow, versions before 2.8.0, is affected by a vulnerability that allows an authenticated user without the variable edit permission, to update a variable.
This flaw compromises the integrity of variable management, potentially leading to unauthorized data modification.
Users are recommended to upgrade to 2.8.0, which fixes this issue.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 21, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 21, 2023
Reviewed Dec 21, 2023
Last updated Dec 28, 2023

Severity

Moderate
6.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-50783

GHSA ID

GHSA-5938-79hg-xh3q

Source code

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