Improper access control in Apache Airflow - CVE-2026-48828
Published: August 24, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU144865
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-48828
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in the bulk variables api when processing bulk variable read requests for json-decodable variable values. A remote user can retrieve bulk variable data to disclose sensitive information.
Only deployments that store sensitive values in json-typed variables under secret-suffixed key names are affected.
Affected software
Apache Airflow
How to mitigate CVE-2026-48828
Install security update from vendor's website.
Apache Airflow - addressed in versions 3.2.2, 3.3.0