# CVE-2026-48892: Apache Airflow: Config API leaks per-key secrets backend kwargs - masker bypass on synthetic options

- Also known as: GHSA-9933-5RRP-MFWX, BIT-AIRFLOW-2026-48892, PYSEC-2026-2087
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.3.0
- Published: 2026-07-07 · Updated: 2026-09-16

## Affected

- apache-airflow: fixed in 3.3.0
- apache-airflow (PyPI): fixed in 3.3.0

## Description

The Config API in Apache Airflow surfaced per-key secrets-backend overrides (environment variables like `AIRFLOW__SECRETS__BACKEND_KWARG__SECRET_ID` and `AIRFLOW__WORKERS__SECRETS_BACKEND_KWARG__SECRET_ID`) as synthetic config options whose option names were not in `sensitive_config_values`, so the masker did not redact them. An authenticated UI/API user with Config read permission could retrieve plaintext secrets-backend credentials (Vault `role_id` / `secret_id`, etc.) from the Config API output. Affects deployments that configure secrets backends via per-key environment overrides. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow` 3.3.0 or later.

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/67622
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/pq5yy40079h6tzh3fxvw28dd8dbk72hk

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