CVE-2026-48892
MEDIUMApache Airflow: Config API leaks per-key secrets backend kwargs - masker bypass on synthetic options
Title source: cnaDescription
The Config API in Apache Airflow surfaced per-key secrets-backend overrides (environment variables like `AIRFLOW__SECRETS__BACKEND_KWARG__SECRET_ID` and `AIRFLOW__WORKERS__SECRETS_BACKEND_KWARG__SECRET_ID`) as synthetic config options whose option names were not in `sensitive_config_values`, so the masker did not redact them. An authenticated UI/API user with Config read permission could retrieve plaintext secrets-backend credentials (Vault `role_id` / `secret_id`, etc.) from the Config API output. Affects deployments that configure secrets backends via per-key environment overrides. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.3.0 or later.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/pq5yy40079h6tzh3fxvw28dd8dbk72hk
Patch patch
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/67622
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0020
EPSS Percentile
9.7%
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-200
Status
published
Products (1)
Apache Software Foundation/Apache Airflow
< 3.3.0
Published
Jul 07, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 07, 2026