Apache Airflow's Task SDK did not mask the contents of a Variable whose JSON value is a list, so secrets stored in that
Apache Airflow's Task SDK did not mask the contents of a Variable whose JSON value is a list, so secrets stored in that shape appeared in cleartext in task logs and in the Rendered Templates UI. Masking was applied only when the deserialized value was a string or a dict; a list at the top level matched neither and was returned unmasked. Any authenticated user able to read the logs or rendered templates of a task that references such a Variable could recover the values, with no special configurat
Affected packages
- apache-airflow— before 3.3.1
Exploit signal
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- No
- EPSS score
- —
- EPSS percentile
- —
EPSS is the probability a CVE is exploited in the wild; percentile is its rank among all CVEs.
Sources
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/kkrlnbsk47oght4h38mcd3h2kcb8dt28
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-59244
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/70891
Structured record: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-3712
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