# CVE-2024-31869: Apache Airflow: Sensitive configuration for providers displayed when "non-sensitive-only" config used

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-1128, BIT-AIRFLOW-2024-31869, GHSA-2522-MRJC-M688
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- apache rates this low
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.9.0
- Published: 2024-04-18 · Updated: 2025-03-13

## Affected

- apache-airflow: from 2.7.0, through 2.8.4
- apache-airflow (PyPI): from 2.7.0, fixed in 2.9.0

## Description

Airflow versions 2.7.0 through 2.8.4 have a vulnerability that allows an authenticated user to see sensitive provider configuration via the "configuration" UI page when "non-sensitive-only" was set as "webserver.expose_config" configuration (The celery provider is the only community provider currently that has sensitive configurations). You should migrate to Airflow 2.9 or change your "expose_config" configuration to False as a workaround. This is similar, but different to CVE-2023-46288 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9qqg-mh7c-chfq which concerned API, not UI configuration page.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on apache-airflow, upgrade to a fixed version (2.9.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/38795
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/pz6vg7wcjk901rmsgt86h76g6kfcgtk3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/17/10

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