CVE-2023-51702

MEDIUM

Apache Airflow 2.3.0-2.6.0 Sensitive Information Exposure in Deferrable Mode

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Since version 5.2.0, when using deferrable mode with the path of a Kubernetes configuration file for authentication, the Airflow worker serializes this configuration file as a dictionary and sends it to the triggerer by storing it in metadata without any encryption. Additionally, if used with an Airflow version between 2.3.0 and 2.6.0, the configuration dictionary will be logged as plain text in the triggerer service without masking. This allows anyone with access to the metadata or triggerer log to obtain the configuration file and use it to access the Kubernetes cluster. This behavior was changed in version 7.0.0, which stopped serializing the file contents and started providing the file path instead to read the contents into the trigger. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 7.0.0, which fixes this issue.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/3
Issue Tracking, Patch patch
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29498
Issue Tracking, Patch patch
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/36492
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/89x3q6lz5pykrkr1fkr04k4rfn9pvnv9

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 29.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-532 CWE-312
Status published
Products (4)
apache/airflow 2.3.0 - 2.6.1
apache/airflow_cncf_kubernetes 5.2.0 - 7.0.0
pypi/apache-airflow 2.3.0 - 2.6.1PyPI
pypi/apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes 5.2.0 - 7.0.0PyPI
Published Jan 24, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026