CVE-2024-29733 Apache Airflow FTP Provider: FTP_TLS instance with unverified SSL context
An attacker can bypass SSL certificate validation in Apache Airflow FTP connections, potentially enabling man-in-the-middle attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-29733?
CVE-2024-29733 is a low-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow FTP Provider, published on 21 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in Apache Airflow FTP Provider.
The FTP hook lacks complete certificate validation in FTP_TLS connections, which can potentially be leveraged. Implementing proper certificate validation by passing context=ssl.create_default_context() during FTP_TLS instantiation is used as mitigation to validate the certificates properly.
This issue affects Apache Airflow FTP Provider: before 3.7.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.7.0, which fixes the issue.
Weakness: CWE-295
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29733?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including apache-airflow-providers-ftp. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
apache-airflow-providers-ftp PyPI | All versions | 3.7.0 |
apache-airflow-providers-ftp PyPI | All versions | 3.7.0 |
apache-airflow-providers-ftp PyPI | All versions | 3.7.0 |
Products include Apache Apache-Airflow-Providers-Ftp.
How do I fix CVE-2024-29733?
Upgrade apache-airflow-providers-ftp to 3.7.0 or later.
Is CVE-2024-29733 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29733 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Airflow FTP Provider
Sources
Also known as ECHO-b395-a7ab-d901, GHSA-3gg8-mc87-cq3h, PYSEC-2026-1148.