Is CVE-2023-39508 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-39508 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-39508?

CVE-2023-39508 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-39508?

CVE-2023-39508 has an EPSS score of 2.36% (82th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-39508?

Upgrade airflow to 2.6.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-39508

HIGHEPSS 82th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges, : Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow.The "Run Task" feature enables authenticated user to bypass some of the restrictions put in place. It allows to execute code in the webserver context as well as allows to bypas limitation of access the user has to certain DAGs. The "Run Task" feature is considered dangerous and it has been removed entirely in Airflow 2.6.0 This issue affects Apache Airflow: before 2.6.0.

CWE-200Information Exposure CWE-250

How to fix

Remediation Available

airflowNVD

Affected:< 2.6.0Fixed in:2.6.0CVE-2023-39508derived from NVD

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

2.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days

82ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 82% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Vendor Advisory1

lists.apache.org

Other references1

seclists.org

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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 2025-02-13.