GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-q475-2pgm-7hvp Apache Airflow: Connection sensitive details exposed to users with READ permissions
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-54831
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- apache-airflow
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- Weaknesses
- CWE-213
- Reviewed
- 2025-09-26
Affected packages
• PyPI apache-airflow: >= 3.0.3, < 3.0.4 → fixed in 3.0.4
Description
Apache Airflow 3 introduced a change to the handling of sensitive information in Connections. The intent was to restrict access to sensitive connection fields to Connection Editing Users, effectively applying a "write-only" model for sensitive values.
In Airflow 3.0.3, this model was unintentionally violated: sensitive connection information could be viewed by users with READ permissions through both the API and the UI. This behavior also bypassed the `AIRFLOW__CORE__HIDE_SENSITIVE_VAR_CONN_FIELDS` configuration option.
This issue does not affect Airflow 2.x, where exposing sensitive information to connection editors was the intended and documented behavior.
Users of Airflow 3.0.3 are advised to upgrade Airflow to >=3.0.4.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-54831 Apache Airflow 3 introduced a change to the handling of sensitive information in Connections. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-213 Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54831 advisory
- https://github.com/apache/airflow package
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2025-85.yaml web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/vblmfqtydrp5zgn2q8tj3slk5podxspf web
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/25/4 web