Apache Airflow vulnerable to XSS

Also known as GHSA-9gqg-3fxr-9hv7, PYSEC-2019-149

Published 7 y ago 2019-01-23 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

9.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

3.2%

percentile 88%

Public exploits

none known

In Apache Airflow 1.8.2 and earlier, an experimental Airflow feature displayed authenticated cookies, as well as passwords to databases used by Airflow. An attacker who has limited access to airflow, whether it be via XSS or by leaving a machine unlocked can exfiltrate all credentials from the system.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.19% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	5.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`
GitHub	3.0	9.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
pypi	`apache-airflow`	<1.9.0	1.9.0

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow

Classification

Weakness

CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

lists.apache.org /thread.html/ade4d54ebf614f68dc81a08891755e60ea58ba88e0209233eeea5f57%40%3Cdev.airflow.apa · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17836 · advisory
github.com /advisories/GHSA-9gqg-3fxr-9hv7 · advisory
github.com /apache/airflow · package
github.com /pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2019-149.yaml · web
lists.apache.org /thread.html/ade4d54ebf614f68dc81a08891755e60ea58ba88e0209233eeea5f57@%3Cdev.airflow.apach · web

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.

Summary