Apache Airflow's Experimental API Authentication Bypass (CVE-2020-13927)
Severity: critical · Patch status: patched · Since 2022-01-18 · CVE-2020-13927
The previous default setting for Airflow's Experimental API was to allow all API requests without authentication. CISA added CVE-2020-13927 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Jan 18, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Jul 18, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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