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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-50204 EUVD-2026-119906GHSA-j7hg-ffg5-7mfr

Apache Airflow: Audit-log secrets masker redacts by key name only, persisting connection and Variable secrets in cleartext

Published Nov 9, 2026 · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Assigned by apache

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow < 3.0.0, < 3.4.0 3.0.0

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