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TI-2026-36154 Aliases CVE-2026-48892GHSA-9933-5rrp-mfwx

Apache Airflow: Config API leaks per-key secrets backend kwargs - masker bypass on synthetic options

Priority LOW 30CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
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

The Config API in Apache Airflow surfaced per-key secrets-backend overrides (environment variables like `AIRFLOW__SECRETS__BACKEND_KWARG__SECRET_ID` and `AIRFLOW__WORKERS__SECRETS_BACKEND_KWARG__SECRET_ID`) as synthetic config options whose option names were not in `sensitive_config_values`, so the masker did not redact them. An authenticated UI/API user with Config read permission could retrieve plaintext secrets-backend credentials (Vault `role_id` / `secret_id`, etc.) from the Config API output. Affects deployments that configure secrets backends via per-key environment overrides. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.3.0 or later.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00664 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation): 3.0.0, 3.3.0apache-airflow (PyPI): 3.3.0

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 3.0.03.0.0Patch availableCNA
ApacheApache Airflow3.0.0 to before 3.3.03.3.0Patch availableCNA
—apache-airflow (PyPI)before 3.3.03.3.0Patch availableGHSA-9933-5rrp-mfwx
  • Apache Airflow VendorApache Affected before 3.0.0 Fixed in 3.0.0 Patch available CNA
  • Apache Airflow VendorApache Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.3.0 Fixed in 3.3.0 Patch available CNA
  • apache-airflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 3.3.0 Fixed in 3.3.0 Patch available GHSA-9933-5rrp-mfwx

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.3.0VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.3.0 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 3.0.0
  • Fix · CNA Apache Airflow (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 3.3.0
  • Fix · GHSA-9933-5rrp-mfwx apache-airflow (PyPI) Fixed in 3.3.0 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

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

  • Release ·

    Apache Airflow 3.3.0

    6 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 5 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-25681 Apache Airflow: DAG author RCE on webserver via unrestricted import_string() in BaseSerialization.deserialize()Priority MEDIUM 52
    • TI-2026-36637 Apache Airflow: Task-instance API exposes secrets in deferred trigger kwargsPriority LOW 30
    • TI-2026-36482 Apache Airflow: Per-DAG read bypass discloses co-located DAGs' source via GET /api/v2/dagSources/{dag_id}Priority LOW 30
    Show all 6 records →
  • Release ·

    Apache Airflow 3.0.0

    5 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 4 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-25681 Apache Airflow: DAG author RCE on webserver via unrestricted import_string() in BaseSerialization.deserialize()Priority MEDIUM 52
    • TI-2026-36637 Apache Airflow: Task-instance API exposes secrets in deferred trigger kwargsPriority LOW 30
    • TI-2026-36096 Apache Airflow: Bulk JSON Variables bypass should_hide_value_for_key - redact() called without the keyPriority LOW 30
    Show all 5 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48892
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9933-5rrp-mfwx
  3. 2026-10-05 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
  4. 2026-11-03 Fix available: [email protected], [email protected] · CNA

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

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
See all 157 →

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