CVE-2020-11982
highpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.072 · 94 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. When using CeleryExecutor, if an attack can connect to the broker (Redis, RabbitMQ) directly, it was possible to insert a malicious payload directly to the broker which could lead to a deserialization attack (and thus remote code execution) on the Worker.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (6)
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advisories (3)
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- GHSA-9g2w-5f3v-mfmmInsecure default config of Celery worker in Apache Airflow2020-07-27ghsa · osvUS
An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. When using CeleryExecutor, if an attack can connect to the broker (Redis, RabbitMQ) directly, it was possible to insert a malicious payload directly to the broker which could lead to a deserialization attack (and thus remote code execution) on the Worker.
- BIT-airflow-2020-119822024-03-06vendor · osvUS
An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. When using CeleryExecutor, if an attack can connect to the broker (Redis, RabbitMQ) directly, it was possible to insert a malicious payload directly to the broker which could lead to a deserialization attack (and thus remote code execution) on the Worker.
- PYSEC-2020-162020-07-17vendor · osvUS
An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. When using CeleryExecutor, if an attack can connect to the broker (Redis, RabbitMQ) directly, it was possible to insert a malicious payload directly to the broker which could lead to a deserialization attack (and thus remote code execution) on the Worker.
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references (6)
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11982cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Apache-Airflow-code-execution-via-CeleryExecutor-Deserialization-38528cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2022060724cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3EMailing ListVendor Advisorynvd
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