{"answers":{"affected":"4 open source packages ship an affected version, including apache-airflow and airflow. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-11981 exists.","fix":"Upgrade apache-airflow to 1.10.11rc1 or later.","what":"CVE-2020-11981 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Apache Airflow, published on 16 Jul 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-11981 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-11981 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Apache Airflow, published on 16 Jul 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-11981 exists.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- apache-airflow (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 1.10.11rc1\n- apache-airflow (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 1.10.11rc1\n- apache-airflow (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 1.10.11rc1\n- airflow (Bitnami): affected all versions; fixed in 1.10.11\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11981/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11981/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-11981","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11981/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-11981","record":{"aliases":["BIT-airflow-2020-11981","GHSA-976r-qfjj-c24w","PYSEC-2020-15"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Apache Airflow","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers with broker access can inject commands into CeleryExecutor, leading to arbitrary code execution on Airflow workers.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"command_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"apache","cpe":[{"product":"airflow","vendor":"apache"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-78","name":"Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command"}],"description":"An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. When using CeleryExecutor, if an attacker can connect to the broker (Redis, RabbitMQ) directly, it is possible to inject commands, resulting in the celery worker running arbitrary commands.","ecosystems":["Bitnami","PyPI"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2026-02-04","github_poc":1,"max_poc_stars":0,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":"2026-02-04T18:16:07Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Evillm/CVE-2020-11981-PoC","stars":0,"title":null},{"date":null,"kind":"nuclei","ref":"network/cves/2020/CVE-2020-11981.yaml","stars":null,"title":"Apache Airflow \u003c=1.10.10 - Command Injection"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Command injection via Celery broker in Apache Airflow","id":"CVE-2020-11981","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","product":"apache:airflow","products":["apache:airflow"],"type":"command_injection","year":"2020"},"n_packages":4,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Insecure default config of Celery worker in Apache Airflow","id":"CVE-2020-11982"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","fixed":["1.10.11"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"airflow","purl":"pkg:bitnami/airflow","source":"BIT-airflow-2020-11981"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["1.10.11rc1"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"apache-airflow","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-976r-qfjj-c24w"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["1.10.11rc1"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"apache-airflow","purl":"pkg:pypi/apache-airflow","source":"GHSA-976r-qfjj-c24w"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["1.10.11rc1"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"apache-airflow","purl":"pkg:pypi/apache-airflow","source":"PYSEC-2020-15"}],"prev":{"headline":"Server-Side Request Forgery in Karaf","id":"CVE-2020-11980"},"products":["Apache Airflow"],"published":"2020-07-16","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Airflow's Experimental API Authentication Bypass","id":"CVE-2020-13927","kev_date_added":"2022-01-18","published":"2020-11-10"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Apache Airflow Command Injection","id":"CVE-2020-11978","kev_date_added":"2022-01-18","published":"2020-07-16"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Airflow: DAG author RCE on webserver via unrestricted import_string() in BaseSerialization.deserialize()","id":"CVE-2026-33264","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-07"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Airflow: Privilege escalation using airflow logs","id":"CVE-2023-25754","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-05-08"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Airflow, Apache Airflow MySQL Provider: Arbitrary file read via MySQL provider in Apache Airflow","id":"CVE-2023-22884","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-01-21"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Airflow Pinot provider allowed Command Injection","id":"CVE-2022-38649","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-11-22"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Airlfow Pig Provider RCE","id":"CVE-2022-40189","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-11-22"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"Bitnami","prefix":"BIT"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"PyPA Advisory Database","prefix":"PYSEC"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"MIT","name":"Nuclei templates"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["Apache Software Foundation"]},"summary":"Attackers with broker access can inject commands into CeleryExecutor, leading to arbitrary code execution on Airflow workers.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11981/"}