CVE-2026-41018: Apache Airflow Providers Elasticsearch: Elasticsearch task-log handlers leak credentials embedded in the host URL
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The Elasticsearch logging provider, when configured with a host URL that embeds credentials (for example https://user:password@server.example.com: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.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-g3jr-4jrm-jvqv
- github.com/apache/airflow/commit/f9244064016a8db45277efb0c24808e663b233f3
- github.com/apache/airflow/pull/65349
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow-providers-elasticsearch/PYSEC-2026-22.yaml
- lists.apache.org/thread/wz5l58drprmwlv6jxnq466x24jqbbhp7
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41018
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