CVE-2023-40272 - CVE House

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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-40272

Apache Airflow Spark Provider Arbitrary File Read via JDBC

0 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Apache Airflow Spark Provider, versions before 4.1.3, is affected by a vulnerability that allows an attacker to pass in malicious parameters when establishing a connection giving an opportunity to read files on the Airflow server. It is recommended to upgrade to a version that is not affected.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

sw0rd1ight

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Affected Vendor

Apache Software Foundation

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Affected Software

Apache Airflow Spark Provider

Vulnerable Versions:

0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 17th, 2023

Last Modified: February 13th, 2025

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1213 Data from Information Repositories

T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation