Exploited vulnerability · CISA KEV
Yes. CVE-2020-13927, Apache Airflow's Experimental API Authentication Bypass, is being exploited in the wild. CISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 18 Jan 2022, 434 days after it was published. It affects Apache Airflow's Experimental API. If you run it, CISA's required action is: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
The previous default setting for Airflow's Experimental API was to allow all API requests without authentication.
| Vendor | Apache (41 exploited CVEs in KEV) |
| Product | Airflow's Experimental API |
| Vulnerability | Apache Airflow's Experimental API Authentication Bypass |
| Weakness | CWE-1188, CWE-306 |
| Published | 10 Nov 2020 |
| Added to KEV | 18 Jan 2022 |
| Reported by (CNA) | apache |
Yes. CISA added CVE-2020-13927 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 18 Jan 2022, which means there is reliable evidence of exploitation in the wild.
CISA does not list known ransomware use for it. That can change, and exploitation alone is reason to fix it first.
Apply updates per vendor instructions. Check Apache's advisory for the fixed versions, and if you can't patch quickly, restrict access to the affected Airflow's Experimental API and watch it for signs of compromise.
Sources: CISA KEV (exploitation, ransomware use, required action, due date), the CVE record (publication date, CVSS, CNA), NVD and FIRST EPSS (live score). More: all KEV additions in January 2022 · Apache scorecard · act-now radar.
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