Medium severity · published Feb 27, 2019
CVE-2018-20244
In Apache Airflow before 1.10.2, a malicious admin user could edit the state of objects in the Airflow metadata database to execute arbitrary javascript on certain page views
5.5
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Apache Airflow before 1.10.2, a malicious admin user could edit the state of objects in the Airflow metadata database to execute arbitrary javascript on certain page views.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AA
Apache Airflow · Apache Software Foundation
Apache Airflow <= 1.10.1 · source: vendor
AI
Airflow · Apache
before 1.10.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20244
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20244
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/10/6
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2de387213d45bc626d27554a1bde7b8c67d08720901f82a50b6f4231%40%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f656fddf9c49293b3ec450437c46709eb01a12d1645136b2f1b8573b%40%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3E
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