CVE-2026-86468
Apache Airflow: CLI argv masking misses Variable values and --conn-extra, persisting secrets in audit logs
Apache Airflow's CLI records its arguments in the audit log but masks secrets by argument position, so some supported command shapes leave secrets in cleartext, for example a trailing --description on Variable commands, --conn-extra, and the inline --password of airflow keycloak-auth-manager commands. A user who can read audit events but is denied Variable and Connection access can retrieve those values through the event-log API.
Users of apache-airflow are recommended to upgrade to 3.4.0 or later. Audit-log entries written before the upgrade keep the cleartext values: purge the affected entries and rotate the secrets they contain. Airflow 2.x is also affected; Airflow 2 has reached end of life and will not receive a fix, so Airflow 2 users should upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.4.0 or later.
What each source reports
CVE List No score
Apache Airflow: CLI argv masking misses Variable values and --conn-extra, persisting secrets in audit logs
Apache Airflow's CLI records its arguments in the audit log but masks secrets by argument position, so some supported command shapes leave secrets in cleartext, for example a trailing --description on Variable commands, --conn-extra, and the inline --password of airflow keycloak-auth-manager commands. A user who can read audit events but is denied Variable and Connection access can retrieve those values through the event-log API.
Users of apache-airflow are recommended to upgrade to 3.4.0 or later. Audit-log entries written before the upgrade keep the cleartext values: purge the affected entries and rotate the secrets they contain. Airflow 2.x is also affected; Airflow 2 has reached end of life and will not receive a fix, so Airflow 2 users should upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.4.0 or later.
- Record
CVE-2026-86468- Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-09
EUVDEUVD-2026-119901 No score
Apache Airflow's CLI records its arguments in the audit log but masks secrets by argument position, so some supported command shapes leave secrets in cleartext, for example a trailing --description on Variable commands, --conn-extra, and the inline --password of airflow keycloak-auth-manager commands. A user who can read audit events but is denied Variable and Connection access can retrieve those values through the event-log API.
Users of apache-airflow are recommended to upgrade to 3.4.0 or later. Audit-log entries written before the upgrade keep the cleartext values: purge the affected entries and rotate the secrets they contain. Airflow 2.x is also affected; Airflow 2 has reached end of life and will not receive a fix, so Airflow 2 users should upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.4.0 or later.
- Record
EUVD-2026-119901- Updated
- 2026-11-09
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xww4-3839-4p9j No score
Apache Airflow's CLI records its arguments in the audit log but masks secrets by argument...
Apache Airflow's CLI records its arguments in the audit log but masks secrets by argument position, so some supported command shapes leave secrets in cleartext, for example a trailing --description on Variable commands, --conn-extra, and the inline --password of airflow keycloak-auth-manager commands. A user who can read audit events but is denied Variable and Connection access can retrieve those values through the event-log API.
Users of apache-airflow are recommended to upgrade to 3.4.0 or later. Audit-log entries written before the upgrade keep the cleartext values: purge the affected entries and rotate the secrets they contain.
- Record
GHSA-xww4-3839-4p9j- Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-09
NVD No score
Apache Airflow's CLI records its arguments in the audit log but masks secrets by argument position, so some supported command shapes leave secrets in cleartext, for example a trailing --description on Variable commands, --conn-extra, and the inline --password of airflow keycloak-auth-manager commands. A user who can read audit events but is denied Variable and Connection access can retrieve those values through the event-log API.
Users of apache-airflow are recommended to upgrade to 3.4.0 or later. Audit-log entries written before the upgrade keep the cleartext values: purge the affected entries and rotate the secrets they contain. Airflow 2.x is also affected; Airflow 2 has reached end of life and will not receive a fix, so Airflow 2 users should upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.4.0 or later.
- Record
CVE-2026-86468- Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-09
Affected products
History
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| published | EUVD | |
| description | CVE List | |
| published | EUVD | |
| aliases, references | GitHub Advisories, NVD | |
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-86468 is a vulnerability with no CVSS score yet in Apache Software Foundation Airflow, published November 9, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. No source names a fixed version.