Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 7, 2026· Updated Jul 7, 2026
Apache Airflow: Config API leaks per-key secrets backend kwargs - masker bypass on synthetic options
CVE-2026-48892
Description
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.
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References
2- github.com/apache/airflow/pull/67622mitrepatch
- lists.apache.org/thread/pq5yy40079h6tzh3fxvw28dd8dbk72hkmitrevendor-advisory
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