Is CVE-2020-11978 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. CVE-2020-11978 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2022-01-18.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-11978?

CVE-2020-11978 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-11978?

CVE-2020-11978 has an EPSS score of 99.12% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-11978?

Upgrade airflow to 1.10.11 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-11978

HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. A remote code/command injection vulnerability was discovered in one of the example DAGs shipped with Airflow which would allow any authenticated user to run arbitrary commands as the user running airflow worker/scheduler (depending on the executor in use). If you already have examples disabled by setting load_examples=False in the config then you are not vulnerable.

CWE-78OS Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

airflowNVD

Affected:< 1.10.11Fixed in:1.10.11CVE-2020-11978derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

99.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

Apache Airflow Command Injection

A remote code/command injection vulnerability was discovered in one of the example DAGs shipped with Airflow.

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Remediation due: 2022-07-18

References

Exploit2

Vendor Advisory1

lists.apache.org

Third-Party Advisory1

cisa.gov

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-78 (OS Command Injection) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2021-1498	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2014-6271	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-16920	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-44877	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-8515	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2020-9054	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-10-23.