CVE detail
CVE-2020-17511
In Airflow versions prior to 1.10.13, when creating a user using airflow CLI, the password gets logged in plain text in the Log table in Airflow Metadatase. Same happened when creating a Connection with a password field.
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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Security researchers with Intezer have discovered several misconfigured Apache Airflow instances that exposed sensitive information to anyone on the Internet. Improperly secured, the Airflow instances were found to expose credentials of cloud services providers, social media platforms, and payment processing services, including AWS, Slack, PayPal, and others.
newswww.securityweek.comOct 6, 2021, 8:22 AM
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