Apache Airflow vulnerable to Code Injection in the web-server context via LogTemplate table

CVE-2024-56373 → View on GitHub ↗ View on CVE.org ↗ View on NVD ↗

Description

DAG Author (who already has quite a lot of permissions) could manipulate database of Airflow 2 in the way to execute arbitrary code in the web-server context, which they should normally not be able to do, leading to potentially remote code execution in the context of web-server (server-side) as a result of a user viewing historical task information.

The functionality responsible for that (log template history) has been disabled by default in 2.11.1 and users should upgrade to Airflow 3 if they want to continue to use log template history. They can also manually modify historical log file names if they want to see historical logs that were generated before the last log template change.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
high
Advisory on GitHub
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Source code
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Published (advisory)
2026-02-24 12:31:40 UTC
Updated
2026-02-25 19:20:57 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2026-02-25 19:20:56 UTC
NVD published
2026-02-24

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.04% 12.09%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
8.5 3.1 —
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Identifiers

Type Value
GHSA GHSA-r837-hpv7-pc2f ↗
CVE CVE-2024-56373 ↗

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
pip apache-airflow < 2.11.1 2.11.1 —

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence