# CVE-2023-45348: Apache Airflow: Configuration information leakage vulnerability

- Also known as: GHSA-FPXX-XV4C-GXQP, BIT-AIRFLOW-2023-45348, PYSEC-2023-204
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.7.2
- Published: 2023-10-14 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- apache-airflow: from 2.7.0, fixed in 2.7.2
- apache-airflow (PyPI): from 2.7.0, fixed in 2.7.2

## Description

Apache Airflow, versions 2.7.0 and 2.7.1, is affected by a vulnerability that allows an authenticated user to retrieve sensitive configuration information when the "expose_config" option is set to "non-sensitive-only". The `expose_config` option is False by default. It is recommended to upgrade to a version that is not affected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on apache-airflow, upgrade to a fixed version (2.7.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/34712
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/sy4l5d6tn58hr8r61r2fkt1f0qock9z9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/23/2

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