apache/airflow · Security
Apache Airflow exposes sensitive JSON Variable values through the Bulk Variables API
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-563f-2439-rmq4
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-48828
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 6.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 6.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
The Bulk Variables API in Apache Airflow called the redactor without passing the variable's key, so the key-based should_hide_value_for_key check (which triggers on secret-suffixed key names like *_password / *_token / *_secret) could not fire for JSON-decodable variable values. An authenticated UI/API user with bulk Variable read permission could retrieve plaintext values from JSON variables whose key would otherwise trigger redaction. Affects deployments that store sensitive values in JSON-typed Airflow Variables under secret-suffixed key names. Users are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.0 or later (the fix landed on main after 3.2.2; no 3.2.x backport).
CWEs
- CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48828 ↗
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/67495 ↗
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/y9kf314t6dhnv994hr11wj3tbow847yc ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/07/2 ↗
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/b12f5ad66f51b91fd0a6268f94938be830133115 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-563f-2439-rmq4 ↗