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.
Published: 2026-11-09
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EPSS: n/a
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Mon, 09 Nov 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

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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Weaknesses
  • CWE-532

    Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File