Information Exposure Through Log Files Affecting org.owasp:dependency-check-core package, versions [9.0.0,9.0.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGOWASP-6129516
  • published17 Dec 2023
  • disclosed15 Dec 2023
  • credithott-box

Introduced: 15 Dec 2023

CVE-2024-23686  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-532  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.owasp:dependency-check-core to version 9.0.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure Through Log Files due to the logging of sensitive information in debug mode. An attacker with access to debug logs could potentially retrieve the nvdApiKey and use it to perform actions with a higher rate limit against the NVD API.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1