diff --git a/airflow/models/baseoperator.py b/airflow/models/baseoperator.py
index bdf405af9404f..3cad65b00a7a2 100644
--- a/airflow/models/baseoperator.py
+++ b/airflow/models/baseoperator.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 from airflow.utils.decorators import fixup_decorator_warning_stack
 from airflow.utils.edgemodifier import EdgeModifier
 from airflow.utils.helpers import validate_instance_args, validate_key
+from airflow.utils.log.secrets_masker import redact
 from airflow.utils.operator_helpers import ExecutionCallableRunner
 from airflow.utils.operator_resources import Resources
 from airflow.utils.session import NEW_SESSION, provide_session
@@ -958,12 +959,12 @@ def __init__(
             if not conf.getboolean("operators", "ALLOW_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENTS"):
                 raise AirflowException(
                     f"Invalid arguments were passed to {self.__class__.__name__} (task_id: {task_id}). "
-                    f"Invalid arguments were:\n**kwargs: {kwargs}",
+                    f"Invalid arguments were:\n**kwargs: {redact(kwargs)}",
                 )
             warnings.warn(
                 f"Invalid arguments were passed to {self.__class__.__name__} (task_id: {task_id}). "
                 "Support for passing such arguments will be dropped in future. "
-                f"Invalid arguments were:\n**kwargs: {kwargs}",
+                f"Invalid arguments were:\n**kwargs: {redact(kwargs)}",
                 category=RemovedInAirflow3Warning,
                 stacklevel=3,
             )
diff --git a/tests/models/test_baseoperator.py b/tests/models/test_baseoperator.py
index 7be73790491de..bb4a94dbaaaef 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_baseoperator.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_baseoperator.py
@@ -856,6 +856,23 @@ def test_logging_propogated_by_default(self, caplog):
         # leaking a lot of state)
         assert caplog.messages == ["test"]
 
+    @mock.patch("airflow.models.baseoperator.redact")
+    def test_illegal_args_with_secrets(self, mock_redact):
+        """
+        Tests that operators on illegal arguments with secrets are correctly masked.
+        """
+        secret = "secretP4ssw0rd!"
+        mock_redact.side_effect = ["***"]
+
+        msg = r"Invalid arguments were passed to BaseOperator"
+        with pytest.raises(AirflowException, match=msg) as exc_info:
+            BaseOperator(
+                task_id="test_illegal_args",
+                secret_argument=secret,
+            )
+        assert "***" in str(exc_info.value)
+        assert secret not in str(exc_info.value)
+
     def test_invalid_type_for_default_arg(self):
         error_msg = "'max_active_tis_per_dag' has an invalid type <class 'str'> with value not_an_int, expected type is <class 'int'>"
         with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=error_msg):