# CVE-2026-45192: Apache Airflow: Incomplete Redaction of Sensitive Fields in Connection Extra API Response

- Also known as: GHSA-2883-WWH7-X57V, BIT-AIRFLOW-2026-45192, PYSEC-2026-173
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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: 3.2.2
- Published: 2026-06-01 · Updated: 2026-06-01

## Affected

- apache-airflow: fixed in 3.2.2
- apache-airflow (PyPI): fixed in 3.2.2

## Description

A bug in the GET `/api/v2/connections/{connection_id}` REST API endpoint in Apache Airflow allowed an authenticated UI/API user with Connection-read permission to retrieve secrets stored in a Connection's `extra` JSON blob under field names not present in the redaction allowlist (`DEFAULT_SENSITIVE_FIELDS`) — for example, official Slack-provider credential field names were returned in plaintext. Affects deployments that store credentials in Connection `extra` blobs and grant Connection-read access to multiple users. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.2.2 or later. As a defense-in-depth mitigation, deployment operators can store sensitive credential values in a secret-backend rather than inlined into the Connection's `extra` field.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on apache-airflow, upgrade to a fixed version (3.2.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/66673
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/r2q93dg2wp5h9sd9vh6y4y5ljqd9crdd

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