CVE-2026-48892
CVE-2026-48892 · Apache Airflow: Config API leaks per-key secrets backend kwargs - masker bypass on synthetic options
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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.
CVSS 6.5 · Medium · EPSS 0.7% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: python
Affected products and versions
apache airflow
- Versions
- ≥ 0, < 3.3.0: Affected (semver)
Update to 3.3.0
apache-airflow PyPI
- Versions
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.1
- 1.10.10
- 1.10.10rc1
- 1.10.10rc2
- 1.10.10rc3
- 1.10.10rc4
- 1.10.10rc5
- 1.10.11
- 1.10.11rc1
- 1.10.11rc2
- 1.10.12
- 1.10.12rc1
- 1.10.12rc2
- 1.10.12rc3
- 1.10.12rc4
- 1.10.13
- 1.10.13rc1
- 1.10.14
- 1.10.14rc1
- 1.10.14rc2
- 1.10.14rc3
- 1.10.14rc4
- 1.10.15
- 1.10.15rc1
- 1.10.1b1
- 1.10.1rc2
- 1.10.2
- 1.10.2b2
- 1.10.2rc1
- 1.10.2rc2
- 1.10.2rc3
- 1.10.3
- 1.10.3b1
- 1.10.3b2
- 1.10.3rc1
- 1.10.3rc2
- 1.10.4
- 1.10.4b2
- 1.10.4rc1
- 1.10.4rc2
- 1.10.4rc3
- 1.10.4rc4
- 1.10.4rc5
- 1.10.5
- 1.10.5rc1
- 1.10.6
- 1.10.6rc1
- 1.10.6rc2
- 1.10.7
- 1.10.7rc1
- 1.10.7rc2
- 1.10.7rc3
- 1.10.8
- 1.10.8rc1
- 1.10.9
- 1.10.9rc1
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.2
- 1.8.2rc1
- 1.9.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0b1
- 2.0.0b2
- 2.0.0b3
- 2.0.0rc1
- 2.0.0rc2
- 2.0.0rc3
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.1rc1
- 2.0.1rc2
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.2rc1
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.0rc1
- 2.1.0rc2
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.1rc1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.2rc1
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.3rc1
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.4rc1
- 2.1.4rc2
- 2.10.0
- 2.10.0b1
- 2.10.0b2
- 2.10.0rc1
- 2.10.1
- 2.10.1rc1
- 2.10.2
- 2.10.2rc1
- 2.10.3
- 2.10.3rc1
- 2.10.3rc2
- 2.10.4
- 2.10.4rc1
- 2.10.5
- 2.10.5rc1
- 2.11.0
- 2.11.0rc1
- 2.11.1
- 2.11.1rc1
- 2.11.1rc2
- 2.11.2
- 2.11.2rc1
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.0b1
- 2.2.0b2
- 2.2.0rc1
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.1rc1
- 2.2.1rc2
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.2rc1
- 2.2.2rc2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.3rc1
- 2.2.3rc2
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.4rc1
- 2.2.5
- 2.2.5rc1
- 2.2.5rc2
- 2.2.5rc3
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.0b1
- 2.3.0rc1
- 2.3.0rc2
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.1rc1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.2rc1
- 2.3.2rc2
- 2.3.3
- 2.3.3rc1
- 2.3.3rc2
- 2.3.3rc3
- 2.3.4
- 2.3.4rc1
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0b1
- 2.4.0rc1
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.1rc1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.2rc1
- 2.4.3
- 2.4.3rc1
- 2.5.0
- 2.5.0rc1
- 2.5.0rc2
- 2.5.0rc3
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.1rc1
- 2.5.1rc2
- 2.5.2
- 2.5.2rc1
- 2.5.2rc2
- 2.5.3
- 2.5.3rc1
- 2.5.3rc2
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0b1
- 2.6.0rc1
- 2.6.0rc2
- 2.6.0rc3
- 2.6.0rc4
- 2.6.0rc5
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1rc1
- 2.6.1rc2
- 2.6.1rc3
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.2rc1
- 2.6.2rc2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.3rc1
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.0b1
- 2.7.0rc1
- 2.7.0rc2
- 2.7.1
- 2.7.1rc1
- 2.7.1rc2
- 2.7.2
- 2.7.2rc1
- 2.7.3
- 2.7.3rc1
- 2.8.0
- 2.8.0b1
- 2.8.0rc1
- 2.8.0rc2
- 2.8.0rc3
- 2.8.0rc4
- 2.8.1
- 2.8.1rc1
- 2.8.2
- 2.8.2rc1
- 2.8.2rc2
- 2.8.2rc3
- 2.8.3
- 2.8.3rc1
- 2.8.4
- 2.8.4rc1
- 2.9.0
- 2.9.0b1
- 2.9.0b2
- 2.9.0rc1
- 2.9.0rc2
- 2.9.0rc3
- 2.9.1
- 2.9.1rc1
- 2.9.1rc2
- 2.9.2
- 2.9.2rc1
- 2.9.3
- 2.9.3rc1
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0b4
- 3.0.0rc1
- 3.0.0rc1.post1
- 3.0.0rc1.post2
- 3.0.0rc1.post3
- 3.0.0rc1.post4
- 3.0.0rc2
- 3.0.0rc3
- 3.0.0rc4
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.1rc1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.2rc1
- 3.0.2rc2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.3rc1
- 3.0.3rc2
- 3.0.3rc3
- 3.0.3rc4
- 3.0.3rc5
- 3.0.3rc6
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.4rc1
- 3.0.4rc2
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.5rc1
- 3.0.5rc2
- 3.0.5rc3
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.6rc1
- 3.0.6rc2
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0b1
- 3.1.0b2
- 3.1.0rc1
- 3.1.0rc2
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.1rc1
- 3.1.1rc2
- 3.1.2
- 3.1.2rc1
- 3.1.2rc2
- 3.1.3
- 3.1.3rc1
- 3.1.4
- 3.1.4rc1
- 3.1.4rc2
- 3.1.5
- 3.1.5rc1
- 3.1.6
- 3.1.6rc1
- 3.1.7
- 3.1.7rc1
- 3.1.7rc2
- 3.1.8
- 3.1.8rc1
- 3.1.8rc2
- 3.2.0
- 3.2.0b1
- 3.2.0b2
- 3.2.0rc1
- 3.2.0rc2
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.1rc1
- 3.2.1rc2
- 3.2.1rc3
- 3.2.2
- 3.2.2rc1
- 3.2.2rc2
- 3.2.2rc3
- 3.3.0b1
- 3.3.0b2
- 3.3.0rc1
- 3.3.0rc2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 3.3.0
Update to 3.3.0