---
id: CVE-2019-12417
aliases:
  - GHSA-q3p4-gw7r-wqjc
  - PYSEC-2019-216
  - PYSEC-2026-617
title: Apache Airflow vulnerable to XSS and local file disclosure
summary: Apache Airflow vulnerable to XSS and local file disclosure
severity: medium
cvss: 4.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
vendor: airflow
product: airflow
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - airflow < 1.10.6
patched:
  - airflow 1.10.6
published: '2019-11-22'
updated: '2026-07-06'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-q3p4-gw7r-wqjc'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12417'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/caf1f264b845153b9a61b00b1a57acb7c320e743
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q3p4-gw7r-wqjc'
  - url: 'https://github.com/apache/airflow'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2019-216.yaml
  - url: >-
      https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f3aa5ff9c7cdb5424b6463c9013f6cf5db83d26c66ea77130cbbe1bc@%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.01277
epssPercentile: 0.68687
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:52.083Z'
---

## Overview

A malicious admin user could edit the state of objects in the Airflow metadata database to execute arbitrary javascript on certain page views. This also presented a Local File Disclosure vulnerability to any file readable by the webserver process.

## Affected packages

- `airflow < 1.10.6`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `airflow 1.10.6`