CVE-2026-50204

medium

Description

Apache Airflow's audit log stored Connection and Variable secret values in cleartext in the `Log.extra` column because the secrets masker matched only on configured sensitive key names. An authenticated low-privilege user with read access to the event-log / audit API — with no prior access to the affected connection or variable — could read those rows and recover the credentials verbatim. Users should upgrade to apache-airflow 3.4.0 or later, which masks these values and restricts the affected audit rows to authorized users. Airflow 2.x is also affected; Airflow 2 has reached end of life and will not receive a fix, so Airflow 2 users should upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.4.0 or later.

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1rfswowf30yck0ql4nhnc5vlk854s8jy

https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70759

https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/68049

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-119906

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/11/09/4

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-11-09

Updated: 2026-11-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00182