CVE-2023-44483 (GCVE-0-2023-44483)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-20 09:23 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:49
VLAI
Title
Apache Santuario: Private Key disclosure in debug-log output
Summary
All versions of Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java prior to 2.2.6, 2.3.4, and 3.0.3, when using the JSR 105 API, are vulnerable to an issue where a private key may be disclosed in log files when generating an XML Signature and logging with debug level is enabled. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.2.6, 2.3.4, or 3.0.3, which fixes this issue.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-532 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Santuario Affected: 2.2 , < 2.2.6 (semver)
Affected: 2.3 , < 2.3.4 (semver)
Affected: 3.0 , < 3.0.3 (semver)
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Credits
Apache Santuario would like to thank Max Fichtelmann for reporting this issue.
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