CVE-2023-39951: linuxfoundation opentelemetry_instrumentation_for_java

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-39951 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in linuxfoundation opentelemetry_instrumentation_for_java. EPSS estimates a 0.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 08-08-2023
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 03-10-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation provides OpenTelemetry auto-instrumentation and instrumentation libraries for Java. OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation prior to version 1.28.0 contains an issue related to the instrumentation of Java applications using the AWS SDK v2 with Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) v1 API. When SES POST requests are instrumented, the query parameters of the request are inserted into the trace `url.path` field. This behavior leads to the http body, containing the email subject and message, to be present in the trace request url metadata. Any user using a version before 1.28.0 of OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation to instrument AWS SDK v2 call to SES’s v1 SendEmail API is affected. The e-mail content sent to SES may end up in telemetry backend. This exposes the e-mail content to unintended audiences. The issue can be mitigated by updating OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation to version 1.28.0 or later.

• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorThe product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.