CVE-2023-50783 - CVE House

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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-50783

Apache Airflow: Improper access control vulnerability on the "varimport" endpoint

0 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Apache Airflow, versions before 2.8.0, is affected by a vulnerability that allows an authenticated user without the variable edit permission, to update a variable. This flaw compromises the integrity of variable management, potentially leading to unauthorized data modification. Users are recommended to upgrade to 2.8.0, which fixes this issue

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:

balis0ng
Ephraim Anierobi

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Affected Vendor

Apache Software Foundation

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Affected Software

Apache Airflow

Vulnerable Versions:

0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 21st, 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

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1078 Valid Accounts

T1213 Data from Information Repositories

T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation