CVE-2023-33234

Apache Airflow CNCF Kubernetes Provider: KubernetesPodOperator RCE via connection configuration

State: Published
Severity: 7.2 High
Published: May 30, 2023
Updated: Oct 10, 2024
Reserved: May 18, 2023

Description

Arbitrary code execution in Apache Airflow CNCF Kubernetes provider version 5.0.0 allows user to change xcom sidecar image and resources via Airflow connection.

In order to exploit this weakness, a user would already need elevated permissions (Op or Admin) to change the connection object in this manner. Operators should upgrade to provider version 7.0.0 which has removed the vulnerability.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.2 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Apache Airflow CNCF Kubernetes ProviderApache Software Foundation	5.0.0 through 6.1.0Affected

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/n1vpgl6h2qsdm52o9m2tx1oo86tl4gnqvendor-advisory

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