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.
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.
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Apache Airflow: CLI argv masking misses Variable values and --conn-extra, persisting secrets in audit logs | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-532 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apache
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Updated: 2026-11-09T09:49:18.059Z
Reserved: 2026-09-07T14:28:01.411Z
Link: CVE-2026-86468
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-11-09T10:17:11.963
Modified: 2026-11-09T10:17:11.963
Link: CVE-2026-86468
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