CVE-2024-23686 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

DependencyCheck for Maven 9.0.0 to 9.0.6, for CLI version 9.0.0 to 9.0.5, and for Ant versions 9.0.0 to 9.0.5, when used in debug mode, allows an attacker to recover the NVD API Key from a log file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00529.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Owasp Subscribe	Dependency-check Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:a:owasp:dependency-check::::::cli::*
	cpe:2.3:a:owasp:dependency-check::::::maven::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-frxm-v7q3-v2wv	Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in OWASP DependencyCheck

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qqhq-8r2c-c3f5
https://github.com/jeremylong/DependencyCheck/security/advisories/GHSA-qqhq-8r2c-c3f5
https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-qqhq-8r2c-c3f5

History

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 02:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description	DependencyCheck for Maven 9.0.0 to 9.0.6, for CLI version 9.0.0 to 9.0.5, and for Ant versions 9.0.0 to 9.0.5, when used in debug mode, allows an attacker to recover the NVD API Key from a log file.	DependencyCheck for Maven 9.0.0 to 9.0.6, for CLI version 9.0.0 to 9.0.5, and for Ant versions 9.0.0 to 9.0.5, when used in debug mode, allows an attacker to recover the NVD API Key from a log file.

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2024-01-19T21:12:13.288Z

Updated: 2025-11-29T01:29:30.178Z

Reserved: 2024-01-19T17:35:09.985Z

Link: CVE-2024-23686

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:06:25.281Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-19T22:15:08.437

Modified: 2025-11-29T02:15:52.020

Link: CVE-2024-23686

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-532

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