CVSS 3.1
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-2026-86468 Apache Airflow: CLI argv masking misses Variable values and --conn-extra, persisting secrets in audit logs
Medium (6.5) in apache software foundation apache airflow. EPSS 0.4% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
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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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 39th percentile. Scored 2026-11-13. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
- CISA's assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial, assessed 2026-11-12. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
- CWE
- CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
- OWASP Top 10
- A09:2025 Logging & Alerting Failures
- Published
- Modified
- Assigned by
- apache (CNA)
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting analysis
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Affected
- apache software foundation:apache airflow
Versions
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| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow | before 3.0.0 |
| Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow | before 3.4.0 |
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- CAPEC-215 Fuzzing for application mapping Likelihood: High · Severity: Low
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History
- Scored 6.5 medium
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