GHSA-4g48-54q2-fg7q is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) Information Exposure vulnerability in apache-airflow. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-4g48-54q2-fg7q is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Apache Airlfow: Sensitive Azure Service Bus connection string (and possibly other providers) exposed to users with view access
Real-World Exposure
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Description
The access_key and connection_string connection properties were not marked as sensitive names in secrets masker. This means that user with read permission could see the values in Connection UI, as well as when Connection was accidently logged to logs, those values could be seen in the logs. Azure Service Bus used those properties to store sensitive values. Possibly other providers could be also affected if they used the same fields to store sensitive data.
If you used Azure Service Bus connection with those values set or if you have other connections with those values storing senesitve values, you should upgrade Airflow to 3.1.8.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | apache-airflow | all versions | 3.1.8 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for apache-airflow. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update apache-airflow to 3.1.8 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-4g48-54q2-fg7q is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-4g48-54q2-fg7q is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-4g48-54q2-fg7q. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-4g48-54q2-fg7q in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-4g48-54q2-fg7q across PyPI dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.