CVE-2026-49487 (GCVE-0-2026-49487)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-07 09:19 – Updated: 2026-07-07 13:41
VLAI
Title
Apache Airflow: Task-instance API exposes secrets in deferred trigger kwargs
Summary
In Apache Airflow before 3.3.0, the REST API task-instance detail and list endpoints returned a deferred task's trigger kwargs without masking. When a deferred operator passed a secret (for example a provider API key) into its trigger, any authenticated user with DAG-scoped task-instance read access for that DAG could read that secret in clear text while the task was deferred. Users should upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.0 or later, which masks sensitive values in trigger kwargs returned by the API.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Affected: 0 , < 3.3.0 (semver)
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Credits
Andrew Rukin (Arenadata) Jarek Potiuk (@potiuk)
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