UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-86468
Apache Airflow's CLI records its arguments in the audit log but masks secrets by argument position, so some supported command shapes leave secrets in cleartext,
Apache Airflow's CLI records its arguments in the audit log but masks secrets by argument position, so some supported command shapes leave secrets in cleartext, for example a trailing `--description` on Variable commands, `--conn-extra`, and the inline `--password` of `airflow keycloak-auth-manager` commands. A user who can read audit events but is denied Variable and Connection access can retrieve those values through the event-log API.
Users of apache-airflow are recommended to upgrade to 3.4.0 or later. Audit-log entries written before the upgrade keep the cleartext values: purge the affected entries and rotate the secrets they contain. Airflow 2.x is also affected; Airflow 2 has reached end of life and will not receive a fix, so Airflow 2 users should upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.4.0 or later.
References
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/72650
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/yl4dlhvstlnc1qogcw3n4bx216cjsmoo
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50204
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/11/09/8
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-11-09 via NVD.
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