What is CVE-2022-27949?

CVE-2022-27949 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-11-14.

How severe is CVE-2022-27949?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Apache Airflow

CVE-2022-27949

A vulnerability in UI of Apache Airflow allows an attacker to view unmasked secrets in rendered template values for tasks which were not executed (for example when they were depending on past and previous instances of the task failed). This issue affects Apache Airflow prior to 2.3.1.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2022-11-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (79.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Apache Airflow
Apache Software Foundation Airflow — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

github.com/apache/airflow/pull/22754 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
lists.apache.org/thread/n38oc5obb48600fsvnbopxcs0jpbp65p (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/14/3 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-27949?: CVE-2022-27949 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-11-14.
How severe is CVE-2022-27949?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.