CVE-2022-41672 Session still functional after user is deactivated

What is CVE-2022-41672?

CVE-2022-41672 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Apache Airflow, published on 7 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Apache Airflow, prior to version 2.4.1, deactivating a user wouldn't prevent an already authenticated user from being able to continue using the UI or API.

Weakness: CWE-613

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41672?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including apache-airflow and airflow. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Airflow.

How do I fix CVE-2022-41672?

Upgrade apache-airflow to a fixed version for your release line: 2.4.1rc1 or 2.4.2rc1.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2022-41672 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41672 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Airflow

• CVE-2020-13927 Apache Airflow's Experimental API Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-11978 Apache Airflow Command Injection Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-33264 Apache Airflow: DAG author RCE on webserver via unrestricted import_string() in BaseSerialization.deserialize() Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-25754 Apache Airflow: Privilege escalation using airflow logs Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-22884 Apache Airflow, Apache Airflow MySQL Provider: Arbitrary file read via MySQL provider in Apache Airflow Critical 9.8

All Apache Airflow vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-airflow-2022-41672, GHSA-3q8r-f3pj-3gc4, PYSEC-2022-42983.