CVE-2023-44483: Apache Santuario: Private Key disclosure in debug-log output
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-44483 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in apache software foundation apache santuario. EPSS estimates a 1.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 5Timeline
- 20-10-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-11-2025Last modifiedVulnerability 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
6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.55%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
75%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.32 pp
From 1.22% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard3 products
- elasticsearch-7< 7.17.14-r3
- keycloak< 22.0.5-r1
- sonarqube-10< 25.1.0.102122-r0
Wolfi2 products
- keycloak< 22.0.5-r1
- sonarqube-10< 25.1.0.102122-r0
Apache1 product
- santuario_xml_security_for_java< 2.2.6 | ≥ 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 | ≥ 3.0.0, < 3.0.3
Apache software foundation1 product
- apache santuario≥ 2.2, < 2.2.6 | ≥ 2.3, < 2.3.4 | ≥ 3.0, < 3.0.3
Debian1 product
- libxml-security-java< 2.1.7-3+deb12u1 | < 2.1.8-1.1~deb13u1 | < 2.1.8-1.1
Org.apache.santuario1 product
- xmlsec≥ 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 | < 2.2.6 | ≥ 3.0.0, < 3.0.3
Ubuntu1 product
- libxml-security-javaAll versions (No fix recorded)
7 vendors · 10 products
