CVE-2023-44483

Aliases:GHSA-xfrj-6vvc-3xm2
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 20 Oct 2023, 09:23
Last modified:03 Nov 2025, 21:49

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.17% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

20 Oct 2023, 09:23
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Nov 2025, 21:49
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.17%• Percentile: 38%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-532•Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

    The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

Affected Systems

  • apache software foundation•apache santuario

    ≥ 2.2, < 2.2.6 | ≥ 2.3, < 2.3.4 | ≥ 3.0, < 3.0.3

  • apache•santuario_xml_security_for_java

    < 2.2.6 | ≥ 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 | ≥ 3.0.0, < 3.0.3

  • org.apache.santuario•xmlsec

    ≥ 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 | < 2.2.6 | ≥ 3.0.0, < 3.0.3

References (7)