CVE-2024-50378

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.

CVSS v3 4.9 MEDIUM

4.9^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/43123	Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread/17rxys384lzfd6nhm3fztzgvk47zy7jb	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/08/5	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

10 Jul 2025, 21:39

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Apache airflow Apache
References	~~() https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/43123 -~~	() https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/43123 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References	~~() https://lists.apache.org/thread/17rxys384lzfd6nhm3fztzgvk47zy7jb -~~	() https://lists.apache.org/thread/17rxys384lzfd6nhm3fztzgvk47zy7jb - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/08/5 -~~	() http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/08/5 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:apache:airflow::::::::

Information

Published : 2024-11-08 15:15

Updated : 2025-07-10 21:39

NVD link : CVE-2024-50378

Mitre link : CVE-2024-50378

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-50378

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Products Affected

apache

airflow

CWE

CWE-201

Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

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