CVE-2023-35797

Apache Airflow Hive Provider Beeline RCE with Principal

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Hive Provider.
This issue affects Apache Airflow Apache Hive Provider: before 6.1.1. Before version 6.1.1 it was possible to bypass the security check to RCE via
principal parameter. For this to be exploited it requires access to modifying the connection details. It is recommended updating provider version to 6.1.1 in order to avoid this vulnerability.

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Hive Provider. This issue affects Apache Airflow Apache Hive Provider: before 6.1.1. Before version 6.1.1 it was possible to bypass the security check to RCE via principal parameter. For this to be exploited it requires access to modifying the connection details. It is recommended updating provider version to 6.1.1 in order to avoid this vulnerability.

*Credits: id_No2015429 of 3H Secruity Team

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-06-17 CVE Reserved
2023-07-03 CVE Published
2025-02-13 CVE Updated
2025-07-04 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/12/3

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/31983	2023-07-13

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.apache.org/thread/30y19ok07fw52x5hnkbhwqo3ho0wwc1y	2023-07-13

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive Search vendor "Apache" for product "Apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive"				< 6.1.1 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive" and version " < 6.1.1"		-		Affected