CVE-2026-41018
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Description
The Elasticsearch logging provider, when configured with a `host` URL that embeds credentials (for example `https://user:[email protected]:9200`), wrote the full host URL — including the embedded credentials — into task logs. Any user with task-log read permission could harvest the backend credentials. Users are advised to upgrade to `apache-airflow-providers-elasticsearch` 6.5.3 or later and, as a defense-in-depth measure, configure the backend credentials via a secret backend rather than embedding them in the `[elasticsearch] host` URL.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.5
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-05-11 09:16:25.990000
Last modified
2026-10-26 18:10:00.173000
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"published": "2026-05-11T09:16:25.990",
"lastModified": "2026-10-26T18:10:00.173",
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"value": "El proveedor de registro de Elasticsearch, cuando se configuraba con una URL de ’host’ que incrusta credenciales (por ejemplo, ’https://user:[email protected]:9200’), escribía la URL completa del ’host’ -incluyendo las credenciales incrustadas- en los registros de tareas. Cualquier usuario con permiso de lectura de registros de tareas podía recolectar las credenciales del backend. Se aconseja a los usuarios actualizar a ’apache-airflow-providers-elasticsearch’ 6.5.3 o posterior y, como medida de defensa en profundidad, configurar las credenciales del backend a través de un backend de secretos en lugar de incrustarlas en la URL de ’[elasticsearch] host’."
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