CVE-2024-29735 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2024-29735
Vulnerability Scoring

5.3
/10
Significant Risk

Security assessments indicate that CVE-2024-29735 presents a notable risk, potentially requiring prompt mitigation.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: High
    Exploits require significant effort and special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: Low
    Some privileges are necessary to exploit the vulnerability.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2024-29735 Details

Status: Analyzed

Last updated: 🕐 07 May 2025, 01:22 UTC
Originally published on: 🕔 26 Mar 2024, 17:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 406 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE-2024-29735 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-29735: Improper Preservation of Permissions vulnerability in Apache Airflow.This issue affects Apache Airflow from 2.8.2 through 2.8.3. Airflow's local file task handler in Airflow incorrectly set permissions for all parent folders of log folder, in default configuration adding write access to Unix group of the folders. In the case Airflow is run with the root user (not recommended) it added group write permission to all folders up to the root of the filesystem. If your log files are stored in the home directory, these permission changes might impact your ability to run SSH operations after your home directory becomes group-writeable. This issue does not affect users who use or extend Airflow using Official Airflow Docker reference images ( https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/airflow/ ) - those images require to have group write permission set anyway. You are affected only if you install Airflow using local installation / virtualenv or other Docker images, but the issue has no impact if docker containers are used as intended, i.e. where Airflow components do not share containers with other applications and users. Also you should not be affected if your umask is 002 (group write enabled) - this is the default on many linux systems. Recommendation for users using Airflow outside of the containers: * if you are using root to run Airflow, change your Airflow user to use non-root * upgrade Apache Airflow to 2.8.4 or above * If you prefer not to upgrade, you can change the https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/configurations-ref.html#file-task-handler-new-folder-permissions  to 0o755 (original value 0o775). * if you already ran Airflow tasks before and your default umask is 022 (group write disabled) you should stop Airflow components, check permissions of AIRFLOW_HOME/logs in all your components and all parent directories of this directory and remove group write access for all the parent directories

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2024-29735

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2024-29735 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2024-29735

This vulnerability, CVE-2024-29735, requires a high level of attack complexity and low privileges, making it difficult but not impossible to exploit. Organizations should ensure robust security configurations to mitigate risks.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2024-29735, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2024-29735, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2024-29735 has no significant impact on data confidentiality.
  • Integrity: High
    CVE-2024-29735 could allow unauthorized modifications to data, potentially affecting system reliability and trust.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2024-29735 does not impact system availability.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.045% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 18.4% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 81.6% of others.

CVE-2024-29735 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-281

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:2.8.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

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