High severity · published Feb 24, 2026
CVE-2024-56373
Apache Airflow: SSTI to Code Execution in Airflow through Shared DB Information
8.4
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
DAG Author (who already has quite a lot of permissions) could manipulate database of Airflow 2 in the way to execute arbitrary code in the web-server context, which they should normally not be able to do, leading to potentially remote code execution in the context of web-server (server-side) as a result of a user viewing historical task information.
The functionality responsible for that (log template history) has been disabled by default in 2.11.1 and users should upgrade to Airflow 3 if they want to continue to use log template history. They can also manually modify historical log file names if they want to see historical logs that were generated before the last log template change.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AA
Apache Airflow · Apache Software Foundation
before 2.11.1 · source: vendor
AI
Airflow · Apache
before 2.11.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56373
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56373
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/61880
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread/2vrmrhcht6g7cp5yjxpnrk2wtrncm6cy
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/23/3
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