CVE-2023-46215 Apache Airflow Celery provider Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability
Attackers with log access can view sensitive credentials in clear text when specific Celery result backends are configured.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-46215?
CVE-2023-46215 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, published on 28 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability in Apache Airflow Celery provider, Apache Airflow.
Sensitive information logged as clear text when rediss, amqp, rpc protocols are used as Celery result backend Note: the vulnerability is about the information exposed in the logs not about accessing the logs.
This issue affects Apache Airflow Celery provider: from 3.3.0 through 3.4.0; Apache Airflow: from 1.10.0 through 2.6.3.
Users are recommended to upgrade Airflow Celery provider to version 3.4.1 and Apache Airlfow to version 2.7.0 which fixes the issue.
Weakness: CWE-532
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-46215?
7 open source packages ship an affected version, including apache-airflow, airflow and apache-airflow-providers-celery. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
apache-airflow PyPI | From 1.10.0 | 2.7.0 |
apache-airflow PyPI | From 1.10.0 | 2.7.0 |
apache-airflow PyPI | From 1.10.0 | 2.7.0 |
airflow Bitnami | From 1.10.0 | 2.7.0 |
apache-airflow-providers-celery PyPI | From 3.3.0 | 3.4.1 |
apache-airflow-providers-celery PyPI | From 3.3.0 | 3.4.1 |
1 more packages
apache-airflow-providers-celery PyPI | From 3.3.0 | 3.4.1 |
Products include Apache Airflow, Apache Airflow Celery Provider.
How do I fix CVE-2023-46215?
Upgrade apache-airflow to 2.7.0 or later.
Is CVE-2023-46215 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-46215 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Airflow
- CVE-2020-13927 Apache Airflow's Experimental API Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2020-11978 Apache Airflow Command Injection
- CVE-2026-33264 Apache Airflow: DAG author RCE on webserver via unrestricted import_string() in BaseSerialization.deserialize()
- CVE-2023-25754 Apache Airflow: Privilege escalation using airflow logs
- CVE-2023-22884 Apache Airflow, Apache Airflow MySQL Provider: Arbitrary file read via MySQL provider in Apache Airflow
Sources
Also known as BIT-airflow-2023-46215, GHSA-666g-rfc5-c9jv, PYSEC-2026-1131, PYSEC-2026-2364.