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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2026-04-21 12:01

Modified

2026-04-21 12:33

Summary

Apache Airflow: 3.x - Nested Variable Secret Values Bypass Redaction via max_depth=1

Details

Secrets in Variables saved as JSON dictionaries were not properly redacted - in case thee variables were retrieved by the user the secrets stored as nested fields were not masked.

If you do not store variables with sensitive values in JSON form, you are not affected. Otherwise please upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.2.0 that has the fix implemented

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  },
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  "modified": "2026-04-21T12:33:30.555Z",
  "published": "2026-04-21T12:01:40.542Z",
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CVE-2026-32690 (GCVE-0-2026-32690)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-18 06:22 – Updated: 2026-04-20 16:11

Title

Apache Airflow: 3.x - Nested Variable Secret Values Bypass Redaction via max_depth=1

Summary

Secrets in Variables saved as JSON dictionaries were not properly redacted - in case thee variables were retrieved by the user the secrets stored as nested fields were not masked. If you do not store variables with sensitive values in JSON form, you are not affected. Otherwise please upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.2.0 that has the fix implemented

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-668 - Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Assigner

apache

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/63480	patch
	https://lists.apache.org/thread/7rnzxofntcznqxnhs…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Apache Software Foundation	Apache Airflow	Affected: 3.0.0 , < 3.2.0 (semver)

Credits

Nguyen Anh Binh [IA Lab – FPT University] Kevin Yang

Show details on NVD website

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Sightings

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

CVE-2026-32690 (GCVE-0-2026-32690)

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