title: Apache Airflow Sqoop Provider: Airflow Sqoop Provider RCE Vulnerability
description: Apache Airflow Sqoop Provider, versions before 4.0.0, is affected by a vulnerability that allows an attacker pass parameters with the connections, which makes it possible to implement RCE attacks via ‘sqoop import --connect’, obtain airflow server permissions, etc. The attacker needs to be logged in and have authorization (permissions) to create/edit connections.
It is recommended to upgrade to a version that is not affected.
This issue was reported independently by happyhacking-k, And Xie Jianming and LiuHui of Caiji Sec Team also reported it.
problem types: CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
affected:
{
defaultStatus: unaffected
product: Apache Airflow Sqoop Provider
vendor: Apache Software Foundation
versions:
lessThan: 4.0.0, status: affected, version: 0, versionType: semver
}
metrics:
other: [
content: {'text': 'moderate'}
type: Textual description of severity
]