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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-15720

In Apache Airflow 1.8.2 and earlier, an authenticated user can execute code remotely on the Airflow webserver by creating a special object.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-15720

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Jan 2019, 17:29 UTC

In Apache Airflow 1.8.2 and earlier, an authenticated user can execute code remotely on the Airflow webserver by creating a special object.

osv:CVE-2017-15720
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "In Apache Airflow 1.8.2 and earlier, an authenticated user can execute code remotely on the Airflow webserver by creating a special object.",
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    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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        "PYSEC-2019-147"
      ],
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          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:22.828903645Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ade4d54ebf614f68dc81a08891755e60ea58ba88e0209233eeea5f57%40%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3E"
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430774,
  "published_at": "2019-01-23T17:29:00.257+00:00"
}