7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2021-38540

Published: 09/09/2021 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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.

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Vendor Advisories

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2021-2135 Date Published: 10 Mar 2024 Severity: Critical ...

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Github Repositories

Missing Authentication on Critical component CVE-2021-38540

CVE-2021-38540 Proof of Concept Missing Authentication on Critical component Known as CVE-2021-38540 About this bug: The variable import endpoint was not protected by authentication in Airflow &gt;=200, &lt;213 This allowed unauthenticated users to hit that endpoint to add/modify Airflow variables used in DAGs, potentially resulting in a denial of service, informat