5.5

CVE-2023-29471: lightbend alpakka_kafka

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-55vq-xpjf-r2xc
Published 27-04-2023Last modified 31-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-29471 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in lightbend alpakka_kafka. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 27-04-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 31-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.15% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Com.typesafe.akka4 products
  • akka-stream-kafka_2.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • akka-stream-kafka_2.12< 4.0.2
  • akka-stream-kafka_2.13< 4.0.2
  • akka-stream-kafka_3< 4.0.2
Lightbend1 product

2 vendors · 5 products

References

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