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CVE-2021-26559

Published: Feb 17, 2021

Modified: Feb 13, 2025

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Description

Improper Access Control on Configurations Endpoint for the Stable API of Apache Airflow allows users with Viewer or User role to get Airflow Configurations including sensitive information even when `[webserver] expose_config` is set to `False` in `airflow.cfg`. This allowed a privilege escalation attack. This issue affects Apache Airflow 2.0.0.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Airflow	affected `Apache Airflow 2.0.0`

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References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3b3787700279ec361308cbefb7c2cce2acb26891a12ce864e4a13c8d%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E

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[oss-security] 20210217 CVE-2021-26559: Apache Airflow 2.0.0: CWE-284 Improper Access Control on Configurations Endpoint for the Stable API

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[announce] 20210217 CVE-2021-26559: Apache Airflow: CWE-284 Privilege Escalation Attack

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