VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-38540

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability80.94%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-09-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The variable import endpoint was not protected by authentication in Airflow >=2.0.0, <2.1.3. This allowed unauthenticated users to hit that endpoint to add/modify Airflow variables used in DAGs, potentially resulting in a denial of service, information disclosure or remote code execution. This issue affects Apache Airflow >=2.0.0, <2.1.3.

Weakness classification

  • security@apache.org: CWE-269
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-306

Primary references