CVE-2020-17511 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-17511

In Airflow versions prior to 1.10.13, when creating a user...

Vulnerability Description

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. Same happened when creating a Connection with a password field.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Ali Al-Habsi of Accellion

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Affected Vendor

Apache Software Foundation

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Affected Software

Apache Airflow
Vulnerable Versions:
Apache Airflow

Timeline

Official Publish: December 14th, 2020
Last Modified: February 13th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.