CVE-2026-54183

Apache Airflow: Airflow Variables were not masked in the UI for authenticated users

Published Aug 12, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Apache Airflow's secrets masker hides values stored under sensitive key names when they are displayed in the UI. The masker's recursion-depth limit did not descend into values nested inside a list, tuple, or set beyond that limit, so an Airflow Variable holding such a deeply-nested value was shown unmasked in the Variables UI. The exposure is limited to the UI: any authenticated user who can see the Variable in the UI can already read its full value through the Variables REST API, so this does not disclose data the user could not otherwise obtain — the masking is a shoulder-surfing defense for the UI, not an access-control boundary.

This is an incomplete-fix follow-up to CVE-2026-42358, whose fix made only the dictionary walk unbounded; lists, tuples, and sets beyond the depth limit remained unmasked in the UI. Deployments that applied the CVE-2026-42358 fix should also upgrade to address this residual case. Upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-g4qj-5vxv-wggf Apache Airflow Variables UI fails to mask sensitive values in deeply nested iterables
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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First Time appeared Apache
Apache airflow
Vendors & Products Apache
Apache airflow
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Apache Airflow's secrets masker hides values stored under sensitive key names when they are displayed in the UI. The masker's recursion-depth limit did not descend into values nested inside a list, tuple, or set beyond that limit, so an Airflow Variable holding such a deeply-nested value was shown unmasked in the Variables UI. The exposure is limited to the UI: any authenticated user who can see the Variable in the UI can already read its full value through the Variables REST API, so this does not disclose data the user could not otherwise obtain — the masking is a shoulder-surfing defense for the UI, not an access-control boundary. This is an incomplete-fix follow-up to CVE-2026-42358, whose fix made only the dictionary walk unbounded; lists, tuples, and sets beyond the depth limit remained unmasked in the UI. Deployments that applied the CVE-2026-42358 fix should also upgrade to address this residual case. Upgrade to apache-airflow 3.3.1 or later.
Title Apache Airflow: Airflow Variables were not masked in the UI for authenticated users
Weaknesses CWE-200
References
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Published
Updated
Nov 3, 2026, 6:58 AM
Reserved
Jun 12, 2026, 1:05 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Aug 12, 2026, 4:17 PM
Modified
Nov 3, 2026, 7:20 AM