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CVE-2022-41672 (GCVE-0-2022-41672)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-07 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 12:49
VLAI
Title
Session still functional after user is deactivated
Summary
In Apache Airflow, prior to version 2.4.1, deactivating a user wouldn't prevent an already authenticated user from being able to continue using the UI or API.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-613 - Insufficient Session Expiration
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2.4.0 (custom)
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Credits
The Apache Airflow PMC would like to thank Axel Chong (@Haxatron) for reporting this issue.
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