CVE-2020-11978
Apache Airflow Command Injection
IN CISA KEV
An issue was found in Apache Airflow versions 1.10.10 and below. A remote code/command injection vulnerability was discovered in one of the example DAGs shipped with Airflow which would allow any authenticated user to run arbitrary commands as the user running airflow worker/scheduler (depending on the executor in use). If you already have examples disabled by setting load_examples=False in the config then you are not vulnerable.
- Vendor
- Apache
- Product
- Airflow
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 (high), scored by NVD (primary)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 (high), scored by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-78
- Published
- 2020-07-17
- NVD modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Analyzed
CISA KEV
- Date added
- 2022-01-18
- Due date
- 2022-07-18
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS
99.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 99th)
FIRST EPSS, updated 17 Oct 2026. About EPSS
CVSS is severity, EPSS is likelihood, KEV means already exploited. EPSS is a statistical probability, not a certainty: a low score does not make a bug safe, and a high one does not prove it is being exploited.
References
- lists.apache.org (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apache.org (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- www.cisa.gov (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
Data last updated 18 Oct 2026. Sources: NVD API 2.0, CISA KEV catalog, FIRST EPSS. Links: NVD, CISA KEV. Metadata only. ThreatWire does not host exploit code.