CVE-2023-29471 Lightbend Alpakka Kafka logs credentials on debug level
Lightbend Alpakka Kafka logs cleartext credentials in debug mode, exposing sensitive data to anyone with log access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-29471?
CVE-2023-29471 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Lightbend Alpakka Kafka before 5.0.0 logs its configuration as debug information, and thus log files may contain credentials (if plain cleartext login is configured). This occurs in akka.kafka.internal.KafkaConsumerActor.
Weakness: CWE-312
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29471?
8 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-kafka_2.11, com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-kafka_2.12 and com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-kafka_2.13. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-kafka_2.11 Maven | All versions | None |
com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-kafka_2.11 Maven | All versions | None |
com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-kafka_2.12 Maven | All versions | 4.0.2 |
com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-kafka_2.12 Maven | All versions | 4.0.2 |
com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-kafka_2.13 Maven | All versions | 4.0.2 |
com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-kafka_2.13 Maven | All versions | 4.0.2 |
2 more packages
com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-kafka_3 Maven | All versions | 4.0.2 |
com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-kafka_3 Maven | All versions | 4.0.2 |
Products include Lightbend Alpakka Kafka.
How do I fix CVE-2023-29471?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2023-29471 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-29471 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-55vq-xpjf-r2xc.