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TI-2024-33813 Aliases CVE-2024-50378GHSA-j857-2pwm-jjmm

Apache Airflow: Secrets not masked in UI when sensitive variables are set via Airflow cli

Priority LOW 25CWE-201Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
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-201.

Summary

Airflow versions before 2.10.3 have a vulnerability that allows authenticated users with audit log access to see sensitive values in audit logs which they should not see. When sensitive variables were set via airflow CLI, values of those variables appeared in the audit log and were stored unencrypted in the Airflow database. While this risk is limited to users with audit log access, it is recommended to upgrade to Airflow 2.10.3 or a later version, which addresses this issue. Users who previously used the CLI to set secret variables should manually delete entries with those variables from the log table.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01243 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation): 2.10.3apache-airflow (PyPI): 2.10.3

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ApacheApache Airflowbefore 2.10.32.10.3Patch availableCNA
—apache-airflow (PyPI)before 2.10.32.10.3Patch availableGHSA-j857-2pwm-jjmm
  • Apache Airflow VendorApache Affected before 2.10.3 Fixed in 2.10.3 Patch available CNA
  • apache-airflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.10.3 Fixed in 2.10.3 Patch available GHSA-j857-2pwm-jjmm

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.10.3VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.10.3 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 2.10.3
  • Fix · GHSA-j857-2pwm-jjmm apache-airflow (PyPI) Fixed in 2.10.3 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-50378
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j857-2pwm-jjmm

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 1

  • 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
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