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TI-2025-34577 Aliases CVE-2025-54831GHSA-q475-2pgm-7hvp

Apache Airflow: Connection sensitive details exposed to users with READ permissions

Priority LOW 31CWE-213Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Apache Airflow 3 introduced a change to the handling of sensitive information in Connections. The intent was to restrict access to sensitive connection fields to Connection Editing Users, effectively applying a "write-only" model for sensitive values. In Airflow 3.0.3, this model was unintentionally violated: sensitive connection information could be viewed by users with READ permissions through both the API and the UI. This behavior also bypassed the `AIRFLOW__CORE__HIDE_SENSITIVE_VAR_CONN_FIELDS` configuration option. This issue does not affect Airflow 2.x, where exposing sensitive information to connection editors was the intended and documented behavior. Users of Airflow 3.0.3 are advised to upgrade Airflow to >=3.0.4.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0096 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed apache-airflow (PyPI): 3.0.4

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 Airflow3.0.3—No fix listedCNA
—apache-airflow (PyPI)3.0.3 to before 3.0.43.0.4Patch availableGHSA-q475-2pgm-7hvp
  • Apache Airflow VendorApache Affected 3.0.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • apache-airflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 3.0.3 to before 3.0.4 Fixed in 3.0.4 Patch available GHSA-q475-2pgm-7hvp

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:3.0.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.3VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:3.0.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.3 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-q475-2pgm-7hvp apache-airflow (PyPI) Fixed in 3.0.4 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-54831
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q475-2pgm-7hvp
  3. 2026-11-03 Affected versions changed · CNA

References

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • 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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Sources

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