Check Point Advisories

Apache Airflow Command Injection (CVE-2020-11978; CVE-2020-13927)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2020-3368
Date Published:	16 Jun 2021
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 31 January, 2022
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2020-11978 CVE-2020-13927
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Apache Airflow 1.10.10 and prior
Vulnerability Description	A command injection vulnerability exists in Apache Airflow. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apache Airflow Command Injection (CVE-2020-11978) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Apache Server Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Apache Airflow Command Injection (CVE-2020-11978)