CVE-2019-12398
lowpriority · track · 20EPSS 0.028 · 87 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.5–4.8
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-rjvg-q57v-mjjcXSS in Apache Airflow2020-05-06ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2020-1622020-01-14vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (11)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/14/2cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r72487ad6b23d18689896962782f8c93032afe5c72a6bfd23b253352b%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r72487ad6b23d18689896962782f8c93032afe5c72a6bfd23b253352b@%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12398cnnvd
- https://www.apache.org/Patchcnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/14/2enisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r72487ad6b23d18689896962782f8c93032afe5c72a6bfd23b253352b%40%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r72487ad6b23d18689896962782f8c93032afe5c72a6bfd23b253352b%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
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