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CVE-2019-12398

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-01-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

In Apache Airflow before 1.10.5 when running with the "classic" UI, a malicious admin user could edit the state of objects in the Airflow metadata database to execute arbitrary javascript on certain page views. The new "RBAC" UI is unaffected.

Affected products

• Apache Airflow: before 1.10.5 — fixed in 1.10.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Airflow 1.10.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/14/2
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r72487ad6b23d18689896962782f8c93032afe5c72a6bfd23b253352b%40%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r72487ad6b23d18689896962782f8c93032afe5c72a6bfd23b253352b%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/14/2
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r72487ad6b23d18689896962782f8c93032afe5c72a6bfd23b253352b%40%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r72487ad6b23d18689896962782f8c93032afe5c72a6bfd23b253352b%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E

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