CVE catalog
CVE-2026-48892
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__SECRE
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.66% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cpe | airflow | Not reported | 3.3.0 | fixed |
| Pip | apache-airflow | Not reported | 3.3.0 | fixed |
| Cpe | airflow | Not reported | 3.3.0 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cpe | airflow | cpe | Not reported | 3.3.0 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Pip | apache-airflow | pip | Not reported | 3.3.0 | Not reported | GHSA-9933-5RRP-MFWX | Not reported |
| Cpe | airflow | cpe | Not reported | 3.3.0 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2026-48892 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/07/4]
- [https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9933-5rrp-mfwx]
- [https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/67622]
- [https://lists.apache.org/thread/pq5yy40079h6tzh3fxvw28dd8dbk72hk]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48892]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-2223.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [FIRST EPSS] · [GitHub Advisory Database] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)]