CVE-2026-42358 Apache Airflow: Variable masker depth-limit bypass returns cleartext nested secrets

A bug in Apache Airflow's Variable response masker caused nested-key redaction triggered by secret-suffixed key names like password, token, secret, apikey to be bypassed when the JSON value's nesting depth exceeded the shared secrets masker's recursion limit: the masker returned the original nest...

BIT-AIRFLOW-2026-32690 Apache Airflow: 3.x - Nested Variable Secret Values Bypass Redaction via max_depth=1

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...

CVE-2026-32690

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...

CVE-2026-32690

In Apache Airflow , a flaw in the Variable response masker allows secrets stored as nested fields within JSON dictionaries to be exposed without proper redaction. Specifically, secrets associated with sensitive key names (e.g., password, token, api_key) were not masked when retrieved by a user. W...