CVE-2021-45230

Apache Airflow: Creating DagRuns didn't respect Dag-level permissions in the Webserver

Published Jan 20, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Apache Airflow prior to 2.2.0. This CVE applies to a specific case where a User who has "can_create" permissions on DAG Runs can create Dag Runs for dags that they don't have "edit" permissions for.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

This is a very low severity CVE and admins can mitigate this issue by removing the global "can_create" permissions on DagRun for Airflow versions >=2.0.0,<2.2.0 and 1.10.x versions that have set `rbac=True` in config.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-0007 In Apache Airflow prior to 2.2.0. This CVE applies to a specific case where a User who has \"can_create\" permissions on DAG Runs can create Dag Runs for dags that they don't have \"edit\" permissions for.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4jh2-3c85-q67h Improper Privilege Management in apache-airflow
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:39 AM
Reserved
Dec 17, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 20, 2022, 11:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:13 AM