{
    "id": "CVE-2020-11978",
    "published": "2020-07-17 00:15:10",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 02:51:10",
    "cvss_score": "8.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-78",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.99189",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99933",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-07-18",
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:26:10",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-07-18."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "apache",
            "product": "airflow"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2020-11978",
        "date_added": "2022-01-18",
        "due_date": "2022-07-18",
        "vendor": "Apache",
        "product": "Airflow",
        "name": "Apache Airflow Command Injection",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "49927",
            "title": "Apache Airflow 1.10.10 - 'Example Dag' Remote Code Execution",
            "date": "2021-06-02",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49927"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162908/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174764/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162908/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174764/Apache-Airflow-1.10.10-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7255cf0be3566f23a768e2a04b40fb09e52fcd1872695428ba9afe91%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11978"
    ]
}