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CVE-2024-45498

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-45498 is a critical vulnerability affecting Apache Airflow versions prior to 2.10.1, specifically within the example_inlet_event_extra.py DAG. An authenticated attacker with only DAG trigger permission can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary commands, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH) and FAUCET Risk Score of 72/100 highlight its severe potential. Organizations are advised to upgrade to Airflow 2.10.1 or later and avoid exposing example DAGs.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0124 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: apache-airflowFixed in: 2.10.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-c392-whpc-vfprhigh

Apache Airflow vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Sep 7, 2024

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/09/06/2
Mailing List
github.com / apache/airflow/pull/41873
Issue Tracking
lists.apache.org / thread/tl7lzczcqdmqj2pcpbvtjdpd2tb9561n
Mailing ListVendor Advisory