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Apache Airflow Elasticsearch Provider CVE-2026-41018

| EUVD-2026-29040 MEDIUM
Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File (CWE-532)
2026-05-11 apache GHSA-g3jr-4jrm-jvqv
6.5
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Source Code Evidence Fetched
May 11, 2026 - 14:22 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
May 11, 2026 - 14:22 vuln.today
CVSS changed
May 11, 2026 - 14:22 NVD
6.5 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
May 11, 2026 - 08:21 nvd
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
May 11, 2026 - 08:21 nvd
MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionNVD

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.

AnalysisAI

Apache Airflow Elasticsearch provider writes embedded credentials from the [elasticsearch] host configuration URL directly into task logs, allowing any user with task-log read permissions to harvest backend authentication credentials. The vulnerability affects Apache Airflow Providers Elasticsearch versions before 6.5.3 and has been patched by stripping userinfo from the host URL before logging. …

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CVE-2026-41018 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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