CVE-2024-27906 Apache Airflow: Dag Code and Import Error Permissions Ignored

What is CVE-2024-27906?

CVE-2024-27906 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Apache Airflow, published on 29 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Apache Airflow, versions before 2.8.2, has a vulnerability that allows authenticated users to view DAG code and import errors of DAGs they do not have permission to view through the API and the UI.

Users of Apache Airflow are recommended to upgrade to version 2.8.2 or newer to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27906?

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-2024-27906?

Upgrade apache-airflow to 2.8.2 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-27906 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27906 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-2024-27906, ECHO-a030-1ce9-bbe7, GHSA-6v6w-h8m6-7mv2, PYSEC-2024-245.