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CVE-2023-25695: 
Apache Airflow vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-25695 is a Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information vulnerability affecting Apache Software Foundation's Apache Airflow versions before 2.5.2. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in February 2023 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-209 (Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information). It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and low confidentiality impact (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability exposes sensitive information in error messages, specifically Python/Airflow version and node name information, which could be used by potential attackers to better target their attacks when shown to unauthenticated users (GitHub PR).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in Apache Airflow version 2.5.2. Users should upgrade to this version or later to address the security issue. The fix involves preventing the display of version and node information in UI tracebacks for unauthenticated users (GitHub PR).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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