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TI-2025-41986 Aliases CVE-2025-68438GHSA-3qmm-r55x-hpxx

Apache Airflow: Secrets in rendered templates could contain parts of sensitive values when truncated

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-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

In Apache Airflow versions before 3.1.6, when rendered template fields in a Dag exceed [core] max_templated_field_length, sensitive values could be exposed in cleartext in the Rendered Templates UI. This occurred because serialization of those fields used a secrets masker instance that did not include user-registered mask_secret() patterns, so secrets were not reliably masked before truncation and display. Users are recommended to upgrade to 3.1.6 or later, which fixes this issue

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00616 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation): 3.1.6apache-airflow (PyPI): 3.1.6

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
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 Airflow3.1.0 to before 3.1.63.1.6Patch availableCNA
—apache-airflow (PyPI)3.1.0 to before 3.1.63.1.6Patch availableGHSA-3qmm-r55x-hpxx
  • Apache Airflow VendorApache Affected 3.1.0 to before 3.1.6 Fixed in 3.1.6 Patch available CNA
  • apache-airflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 3.1.0 to before 3.1.6 Fixed in 3.1.6 Patch available GHSA-3qmm-r55x-hpxx

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.0 to before 3.1.6VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.0 to before 3.1.6 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 3.1.6
  • Fix · GHSA-3qmm-r55x-hpxx apache-airflow (PyPI) Fixed in 3.1.6 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Apache Airflow 3.1.6

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-42165 Apache Airflow: proxy credentials for various providers might leak in task logsPriority MEDIUM 43
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68438
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3qmm-r55x-hpxx
  3. 2026-11-03 Fix available: [email protected] · CNA

References

Advisory 3

Other 2

  • 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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