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CVE-2020-11978

High · CVSS 8.8EPSS 99.1%CISA KEVCWE-78 · OS Command Injection

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. A remote code/command injection vulnerability was discovered in one of the example DAGs shipped with Airflow which would allow any authenticated user to run arbitrary commands as the user running airflow worker/scheduler (depending on the executor in use). If you already have examples disabled by setting load_examples=False in the config then you are not vulnerable.

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Community real-world severity: High (High 3) — CVSS base score 8.8

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    Field note · Priya NairCurated

    Confirmed exploited in the wild — listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2022-01-18). Treat as real and prioritize patching over triage.

Same weaknessCWE-78 · OS Command Injection.