CVE-2017-17835 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Apache Airflow
A CSRF vulnerability in Apache Airflow allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on default installations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-17835?
CVE-2017-17835 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, published on 23 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In Apache Airflow 1.8.2 and earlier, a CSRF vulnerability allowed for a remote command injection on a default install of Airflow.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17835?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including apache-airflow. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
apache-airflow PyPI | All versions | 1.9.0 |
apache-airflow PyPI | All versions | 1.9.0 |
apache-airflow PyPI | All versions | 1.9.0 |
Products include Apache Airflow.
How do I fix CVE-2017-17835?
Upgrade apache-airflow to 1.9.0 or later.
Is CVE-2017-17835 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17835 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Airflow
- CVE-2020-13927 Apache Airflow's Experimental API Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2020-11978 Apache Airflow Command Injection
- CVE-2026-33264 Apache Airflow: DAG author RCE on webserver via unrestricted import_string() in BaseSerialization.deserialize()
- CVE-2023-25754 Apache Airflow: Privilege escalation using airflow logs
- CVE-2023-22884 Apache Airflow, Apache Airflow MySQL Provider: Arbitrary file read via MySQL provider in Apache Airflow
Sources
Also known as GHSA-68wv-rjrm-576p, PYSEC-2019-148.