{"id":"CVE-2020-17511","aliases":["BIT-airflow-2020-17511","GHSA-cvcq-gmc3-q6m8","PYSEC-2020-262"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17511","summary":"Apache Airflow logs passwords in plaintext","details":"In Airflow versions prior to 1.10.13, when creating a user using airflow CLI, the password gets logged in plain text in the Log table in Airflow Metadatase. The same happenes when creating a Connection with a password field.","published":"2020-12-14T10:15:12.373Z","modified":"2026-08-07T16:49:46.487001Z","cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"apache-airflow","fixedVersion":"1.10.13"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/4e32546faf227a6497ce8b282fff7450cae6f665","label":"apache/airflow@4e32546"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ree782a29d927b96bf0b39fb92e2f1f09ea3112a985f7a08ce93765ac%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17511"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/4e32546faf227a6497ce8b282fff7450cae6f665"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cvcq-gmc3-q6m8"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/apache/airflow"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2020-262.yaml"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-07T16:49:46.487001Z"}}