# CVE-2024-50378: Apache Airflow: Secrets not masked in UI when sensitive variables are set via Airflow cli

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-1134, BIT-AIRFLOW-2024-50378, GHSA-J857-2PWM-JJMM
- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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: 2.10.3
- Published: 2024-11-08 · Updated: 2024-11-08

## Affected

- apache-airflow: fixed in 2.10.3
- apache-airflow (PyPI): fixed in 2.10.3

## Description

Airflow versions before 2.10.3 have a vulnerability that allows authenticated users with audit log access to see sensitive values in audit logs which they should not see. When sensitive variables were set via airflow CLI, values of those variables appeared in the audit log and were stored unencrypted in the Airflow database. While this risk is limited to users with audit log access, it is recommended to upgrade to Airflow 2.10.3 or a later version, which addresses this issue. Users who previously used the CLI to set secret variables should manually delete entries with those variables from the log table.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on apache-airflow, upgrade to a fixed version (2.10.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/43123
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/17rxys384lzfd6nhm3fztzgvk47zy7jb

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