CVE-2026-32690lowCWE-668

CVE-2026-32690: low-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow

Apache Airflow: 3.x - Nested Variable Secret Values Bypass Redaction via max_depth=1

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8Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 3.7epss 0.4%
Secrets in Variables saved as JSON dictionaries were not properly redacted - in case thee variables were retrieved by the user the secrets stored as nested fields were not masked. If you do not store variables with sensitive values in JSON form, you are not affected. Otherwise please upgrade to Apache Airflow 3.2.0 that has the fix implemented
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Airflow
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