CVE-2026-48892CWE-200information-disclosure

CVE-2026-48892

Medium · published July 7, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
51.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00664 · 51.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Published
2026-07-07T14:16Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
apache/airflow< 3.3.03.3.0
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 JUL 09:16Z
    Apache Airflow: Config API leaks per-key secrets backend kwargs - masker bypass on synthetic options
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