CVE-2023-25754 Apache Airflow: Privilege escalation using airflow logs
Attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting a context switching error in Apache Airflow logs, requiring an upgrade to secure the system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-25754?
CVE-2023-25754 is a critical vulnerability in Apache Airflow, published on 8 May 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Privilege Context Switching Error vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow.This issue affects Apache Airflow: before 2.6.0.
Weakness: CWE-270
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25754?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including apache-airflow and airflow. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
apache-airflow PyPI | All versions | 2.6.0 |
apache-airflow PyPI | All versions | 2.6.0b1 |
apache-airflow PyPI | All versions | 2.6.0b1 |
airflow Bitnami | All versions | 2.6.0 |
Products include Apache Airflow.
How do I fix CVE-2023-25754?
Upgrade apache-airflow to a fixed version for your release line: 2.6.0 or 2.6.0b1.
Is CVE-2023-25754 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25754 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-2023-22884 Apache Airflow, Apache Airflow MySQL Provider: Arbitrary file read via MySQL provider in Apache Airflow
- CVE-2022-38649 Apache Airflow Pinot provider allowed Command Injection
Sources
Also known as BIT-airflow-2023-25754, GHSA-jchm-fm4q-c2fp, PYSEC-2023-59.