7.5

CVE-2018-20245: apache software foundation apache airflow Improper Certificate Validation

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-77rc-x84q-pv4fPYSEC-2019-143
Published 23-01-2019Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-20245 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in apache software foundation apache airflow. EPSS estimates a 1.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.02%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 23-01-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The LDAP auth backend (airflow.contrib.auth.backends.ldap_auth) prior to Apache Airflow 1.10.1 was misconfigured and contained improper checking of exceptions which disabled server certificate checking.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.02%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

63%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.02% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.02%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Apache1 product
Apache software foundation1 product
PyPI1 product
  • apache-airflow< 1.10.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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