CVE-2020-11978An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below.
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It affects Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
CISA lists it as known exploited since Jan 18, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Jul 18, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.
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An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. A remote code/command injection vulnerability was discovered in one of the example DAGs shipped with Airflow which would allow any authenticated user to run arbitrary commands as the user running airflow worker/scheduler (depending on the executor in use). If you already have examples disabled by setting load_examples=False in the config then you are not vulnerable.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-78
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Jan 18, 2022; federal remediation due Jul 18, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 99.19% (percentile 100)
- Assigned by
- apache
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow apache_software_foundation:apache_airflow (from the name) | 1.10.10 and below | CNA record |
apache airflow apache:airflow | before 1.10.11 | NVD |
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3Emailing-list, vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162908/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlexploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174764/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlexploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11978third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
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