CVE-2019-12417
lowpriority · track · 19EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A malicious admin user could edit the state of objects in the Airflow metadata database to execute arbitrary javascript on certain page views. This also presented a Local File Disclosure vulnerability to any file readable by the webserver process.
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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 (4)
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advisories (3)
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- GHSA-q3p4-gw7r-wqjcApache Airflow vulnerable to XSS and local file disclosure2019-11-22ghsa · osvUS
A malicious admin user could edit the state of objects in the Airflow metadata database to execute arbitrary javascript on certain page views. This also presented a Local File Disclosure vulnerability to any file readable by the webserver process.
- PYSEC-2019-2162019-10-30vendor · osvUS
A malicious admin user could edit the state of objects in the Airflow metadata database to execute arbitrary javascript on certain page views. This also presented a Local File Disclosure vulnerability to any file readable by the webserver process.
- PYSEC-2026-617Apache Airflow vulnerable to XSS and local file disclosure2026-07-02vendor · osvUS
A malicious admin user could edit the state of objects in the Airflow metadata database to execute arbitrary javascript on certain page views. This also presented a Local File Disclosure vulnerability to any file readable by the webserver process.
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references (5)
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- https://airflow.apache.orgPatchcnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f3aa5ff9c7cdb5424b6463c9013f6cf5db83d26c66ea77130cbbe1bc@%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12417cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f3aa5ff9c7cdb5424b6463c9013f6cf5db83d26c66ea77130cbbe1bc%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f3aa5ff9c7cdb5424b6463c9013f6cf5db83d26c66ea77130cbbe1bc%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3Envd
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