🛡️ CVE-2026-31987 — airflow

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-31987 is classified as CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. Sensitive values are written to logs, which are typically kept longer and read more widely than the data warrants.

Affected software

CVE-2026-31987 is recorded against 2 packages.

• airflow
• apache-airflow (from 3.0.0 up to 3.2.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 18 April 2026 and last revised on 13 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from OSV.

References

www.openwall.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)

Other advisories for this package

airflow has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-49487 (5.0 Medium, published 12 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-48892 (5.0 Medium, published 12 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-48891 (5.0 Medium, published 12 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-33264 (9.5 Critical, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-49296 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-48828 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-45784 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2019-12417 (published 2 Jul 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File) in other software:

• CVE-2026-65945 (6.5 Medium, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-46358 (published 7 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-0637 (4.4 Medium, published 6 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-20289 (5.7 Medium, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-59326 (3.3 Low, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-12947 (7.5 High, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-44105 (6.6 Medium, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-54704 (6.5 Medium, published 29 Jul 2026)

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