Apache Airflow: Configuration information leakage vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
Apache Airflow, versions 2.7.0 and 2.7.1, is affected by a vulnerability that allows an authenticated user to retrieve sensitive configuration information when the "expose_config" option is set to "non-sensitive-only". The `expose_config` option is False by default. It is recommended to upgrade to a version that is not affected.
Why it matters now
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 | 2.7.0 to before 2.7.2 | 2.7.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | apache-airflow (PyPI) | 2.7.0 to before 2.7.2 | 2.7.2 | Patch available | GHSA-fpxx-xv4c-gxqp |
- Apache Airflow VendorApache Affected 2.7.0 to before 2.7.2 Fixed in 2.7.2 Patch available CNA
- apache-airflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.7.0 to before 2.7.2 Fixed in 2.7.2 Patch available GHSA-fpxx-xv4c-gxqp
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 2.7.2
- Fix · GHSA-fpxx-xv4c-gxqp apache-airflow (PyPI) Fixed in 2.7.2 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Apache Airflow 2.7.2
4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-22883 Apache Airflow: Improper access control to DAG resourcesPriority LOW 33
- TI-2023-22767 Apache Airflow: Bypass permission verification to view task instances of other dagsPriority LOW 33
- TI-2023-22871 Apache Airflow: Improper access control vulnerability in the "List dag warnings" featurePriority LOW 32
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-45348
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fpxx-xv4c-gxqp
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-2023-45348 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-45348 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fpxx-xv4c-gxqp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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