CVE-2022-38170
Overly permissive umask for daemons
MEDIUM
4.7
CVSS Score
Published: September 2, 2022 at 07:10 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:56 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAirflow
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Severity
MEDIUM4.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
In Apache Airflow prior to 2.3.4, an insecure umask was configured for numerous Airflow components when running with the `--daemon` flag which could result in a race condition giving world-writable files in the Airflow home directory and allowing local users to expose arbitrary file contents via the webserver.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/02/12Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTMitigationThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/02/3Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/21/2x_refsource_MISCMailing ListMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread/zn8mbbb1j2od5nc9zhrvb7rpsrg1vvzvCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732
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