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        "ID": "CVE-2021-38540",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC",
        "TITLE": "Apache Airflow: Variable Import endpoint missed authentication check"
    },
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                                "version": {
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                }
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    },
    "credit": [
        {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "Apache Airflow would like to thank Nathan Jones, National Australia Bank\u2019s Offensive Security Team"
        }
    ],
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                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "The variable import endpoint was not protected by authentication in Airflow >=2.0.0, <2.1.3. This allowed unauthenticated users to hit that endpoint to add/modify Airflow variables used in DAGs, potentially resulting in a denial of service, information disclosure or remote code execution. This issue affects Apache Airflow >=2.0.0, <2.1.3."
            }
        ]
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                "description": [
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                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
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        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb34c3dd1a815456355217eef34060789f771b6f77c3a3dec77de2064%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E",
                "name": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb34c3dd1a815456355217eef34060789f771b6f77c3a3dec77de2064%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E"
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            {
                "refsource": "MLIST",
                "name": "[announce] 20210909 CVE-2021-38540: Apache Airflow: Variable Import endpoint missed authentication check",
                "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rac2ed9118f64733e47b4f1e82ddc8c8020774698f13328ca742b03a2@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E"
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        {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "Upgrade to Apache Airflow >=2.1.3"
        }
    ]
}