CVE-2026-50204 (GCVE-0-2026-50204)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-09 09:57 – Updated: 2026-11-09 13:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Apache Airflow: Audit-log secrets masker redacts by key name only, persisting connection and Variable secrets in cleartext
Summary
Apache Airflow's audit log stored Connection and Variable secret values in cleartext in the `Log.extra` column because the secrets masker matched only on configured sensitive key names. An authenticated low-privilege user with read access to the event-log / audit API — with no prior access to the affected connection or variable — could read those rows and recover the credentials verbatim. Users should upgrade to apache-airflow 3.4.0 or later, which masks these values and restricts the affected audit rows to authorized users. Airflow 2.x is also affected; Airflow 2 has reached end of life and will not receive a fix, so Airflow 2 users should upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.4.0 or later.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
Assigner
apache
CNA
References
4 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Airflow |
Affected:
0 , < 3.0.0
(semver)
|
|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Airflow |
Affected:
0 , < 3.4.0
(semver)
|
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