Medium severity · published Jan 20, 2022
CVE-2021-45230
In Apache Airflow prior to 2.2.0
6.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Apache Airflow prior to 2.2.0. This CVE applies to a specific case where a User who has "can_create" permissions on DAG Runs can create Dag Runs for dags that they don't have "edit" permissions for.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Airflow · Apache
1.10.0 through 1.10.15; 2.0.0 before 2.2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45230
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45230
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread/m778ojn0k595rwco4ht9wjql89mjoxnl
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