{"cve":"CVE-2023-39508","nvd":{"published":"2023-08-05T07:15:43.607","modified":"2026-06-17T06:12:28.810","status":"Modified","description":"Execution with Unnecessary Privileges, : Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow.The \"Run Task\" feature enables authenticated user to bypass some of the restrictions put in place. It allows to execute code in the webserver context as well as allows to bypas limitation of access the user has to certain DAGs. The \"Run Task\" feature is considered dangerous and it has been removed entirely in Airflow 2.6.0\n\nThis issue affects Apache Airflow: before 2.6.0.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":["CWE-200","CWE-250"],"references":["http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43","https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29706","https://lists.apache.org/thread/j2nkjd0zqvtqk85s6ywpx3c35pvzyx15","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43","https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29706"],"products":["apache:airflow"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:38:35.729974749+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-39508","score":0.0263,"percentile":0.85513,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-269x-pg5c-5xgm","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-269x-pg5c-5xgm","summary":"Apache Airflow Execution with Unnecessary Privileges","modified":"2025-02-13T19:36:00.885349Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"apache-airflow","purl":"pkg:pypi/apache-airflow","ranges":["<2.6.0b1"],"fixed":["2.6.0b1"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2023-134","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2023-134","summary":"","modified":"2026-06-10T17:00:22.106723955Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"apache-airflow","purl":"pkg:pypi/apache-airflow","ranges":["<2.6.0"],"fixed":["2.6.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}