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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-48828 BIT-airflow-2026-48828EUVD-2026-42028GHSA-563f-2439-rmq4PYSEC-2026-3806

Apache Airflow: Bulk JSON Variables bypass should_hide_value_for_key - redact() called without the key

Published Jul 7, 2026 · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · Assigned by apache

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).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow < 3.0.0, 3.0.0 – < 3.3.0 3.0.0

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI apache-airflow < 3.3.0 3.3.0 GHSA-563f-2439-rmq4

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