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CVE-2024-25141: Apache Airflow Mongo Provider: Certificate validation isn't respected even if SSL is enabled for apache-airflow-providers-mongo

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-295

Description

When ssl was enabled for Mongo Hook, default settings included "allow_insecure" which caused that certificates were not validated. This was unexpected and undocumented. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.0, which fixes this issue.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Mongo Provider: from 1.0.0 before 4.0.0 — fixed in 4.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Mongo Provider 4.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/20/5
• https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/37214
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/sqgbfqngjmn45ommmrgj7hvs7fgspsgm
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/20/5
• https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/37214
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/sqgbfqngjmn45ommmrgj7hvs7fgspsgm

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