CVE-2023-46288 Apache Airflow: Sensitive parameters exposed in API when "non-sensitive-only" configuration is set
Authenticated users can read sensitive configuration data via the API when expose_config is set to non-sensitive-only, requiring an upgrade to fix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-46288?
CVE-2023-46288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, published on 23 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Airflow.This issue affects Apache Airflow from 2.4.0 to 2.7.0.
Sensitive configuration information has been exposed to authenticated users with the ability to read configuration via Airflow REST API for configuration even when the expose_config option is set to non-sensitive-only. The expose_config option is False by default. It is recommended to upgrade to a version that is not affected if you set expose_config to non-sensitive-only configuration. This is a different error than CVE-2023-45348 which allows authenticated user to retrieve individual configuration values in 2.7.* by specially crafting their request (solved in 2.7.2).
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.7.2, which fixes the issue and additionally fixes CVE-2023-45348.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-46288?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including apache-airflow and airflow. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
apache-airflow PyPI | From 2.4.0 | 2.7.0 |
apache-airflow PyPI | From 2.4.0 | 2.7.2 |
apache-airflow PyPI | From 2.4.0 | 2.7.2 |
airflow Bitnami | From 2.4.0 | 2.7.0 |
Products include Apache Airflow.
How do I fix CVE-2023-46288?
Upgrade apache-airflow to a fixed version for your release line: 2.7.0 or 2.7.2.
Is CVE-2023-46288 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-46288 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-2023-46288, GHSA-9qqg-mh7c-chfq, PYSEC-2023-218.