CVE-2023-49920 Apache Airflow: Missing CSRF protection on DAG/trigger

What is CVE-2023-49920?

CVE-2023-49920 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, published on 21 Dec 2023. 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

Apache Airflow, version 2.7.0 through 2.7.3, has a vulnerability that allows an attacker to trigger a DAG in a GET request without CSRF validation. As a result, it was possible for a malicious website opened in the same browser - by the user who also had Airflow UI opened - to trigger the execution of DAGs without the user's consent. Users are advised to upgrade to version 2.8.0 or later which is not affected

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-49920?

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-2023-49920?

Upgrade apache-airflow to a fixed version for your release line: 2.8.0 or 2.8.0b1.

Is CVE-2023-49920 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-49920 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-2023-49920, ECHO-e9ac-f08e-3a77, GHSA-6m9r-7wrx-xmr6, PYSEC-2023-266.