CVE-2020-11978 Scanner

Apache Airflow is an open-source platform that is used to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows as directed acyclic graphs (DAGs). It is commonly used by data engineers and scientists to automate the processing of their data pipelines. The software provides a way to manage these workflows through its user interface, or its APIs.

The CVE-2020-11978 vulnerability is a remote code/command injection issue that was discovered in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. This security flaw exists within one of the example DAGs that are shipped with Apache Airflow. An authenticated user can execute arbitrary commands as the user running the airflow worker/scheduler, depending on the executor in use. 

Exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information and also take over the affected system. Attackers can take over the Apache Airflow system and use it to execute malicious scripts, install malware, and even perform data sabotage. Considering the importance of the data being processed by Apache Airflow workflows, this can lead to significant damage to an organization's operations.

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REFERENCES

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162908/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E