Medium severity · published Oct 30, 2025
CVE-2025-62503
Apache Airflow: Privilege boundary bypass in bulk APIs (create action can upsert existing Pools/Connections/Variables)
4.6
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
User with CREATE and no UPDATE privilege for Pools, Connections, Variables could update existing records via bulk create API with overwrite action.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% 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
3.0.0 before 3.1.1 · source: vendor
AI
Airflow · Apache
3.0.0 before 3.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62503
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62503
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread/3v58249qscyn1hg240gh8hqg9pb4okcr
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/29/8
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