Apache Airflow prior to 2.3.1 may include sensitive values in rendered template
Priority LOW 37CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
A vulnerability in UI of Apache Airflow allows an attacker to view unmasked secrets in rendered template values for tasks which were not executed (for example when they were depending on past and previous instances of the task failed). This issue affects Apache Airflow prior to 2.3.1.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01976 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation): 2.3.1apache-airflow (PyPI): 2.3.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache Airflow | before 2.3.1 | 2.3.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | apache-airflow (PyPI) | before 2.3.1 | 2.3.1 | Patch available | GHSA-fvw2-2pf7-77vw |
- Apache Airflow VendorApache Affected before 2.3.1 Fixed in 2.3.1 Patch available CNA
- apache-airflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.3.1 Fixed in 2.3.1 Patch available GHSA-fvw2-2pf7-77vw
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 2.3.1
- Fix · GHSA-fvw2-2pf7-77vw apache-airflow (PyPI) Fixed in 2.3.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-27949
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fvw2-2pf7-77vw
References
Advisory 3
More Apache Airflow vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-10905 Missing authentication in Apache Airflow KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-09638 OS command injection in Apache Airflow KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-19017 Apache Airflow <2.4.0 has an RCE in a bash example CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-16140 Apache Airflow: Variable Import endpoint missed authentication check CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-08169 Apache Airflow: RCE in example DAGs CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-26776 Apache Airflow: DAG Author Code Execution possibility in airflow-scheduler CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-27949 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-27949 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fvw2-2pf7-77vw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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