{"cve":"CVE-2020-17511","nvd":{"published":"2020-12-14T10:15:12.373","modified":"2026-06-17T02:59:02.830","status":"Modified","description":"In Airflow versions prior to 1.10.13, when creating a user using airflow CLI, the password gets logged in plain text in the Log table in Airflow Metadatase. Same happened when creating a Connection with a password field.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-312"],"references":["https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ree782a29d927b96bf0b39fb92e2f1f09ea3112a985f7a08ce93765ac%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ree782a29d927b96bf0b39fb92e2f1f09ea3112a985f7a08ce93765ac%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E"],"products":["apache:airflow"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:12:09.559580076+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-17511","score":0.02618,"percentile":0.85449,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-cvcq-gmc3-q6m8","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-cvcq-gmc3-q6m8","summary":"Apache Airflow logs passwords in plaintext","modified":"2024-09-11T18:22:32.381173Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"apache-airflow","purl":"pkg:pypi/apache-airflow","ranges":["<1.10.13"],"fixed":["1.10.13"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2020-262","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2020-262","summary":"","modified":"2023-12-06T01:00:19.182025Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"apache-airflow","purl":"pkg:pypi/apache-airflow","ranges":["<1.10.13"],"fixed":["1.10.13"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}