CVE-2020-11981
An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. When using CeleryExecutor, if an attacker can connect to the broker (Redis, RabbitMQ)...
- Published
- Jul 16, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Evidence observed
- Aug 14, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 98.5%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. When using CeleryExecutor, if an attacker can connect to the broker (Redis, RabbitMQ) directly, it is possible to inject commands, resulting in the celery worker running arbitrary commands.
Sources
1Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2020-11981 targeting Apache Airflow command injection via Redis broker, enabling remote code execution on vulnerable workers.
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