Sensitive data exposure via logging in basic-auth leads to plaintext usernames and passwords written to error logs and forwarded to log sinks when log level is INFO/DEBUG. This creates a high risk of credential compromise through log access.
It has been fixed in the following commit:  https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12629
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.14, which fixes this issue.
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Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Sensitive data exposure via logging in basic-auth leads to plaintext usernames and passwords written to error logs and forwarded to log sinks when log level is INFO/DEBUG. This creates a high risk of credential compromise through log access. It has been fixed in the following commit:  https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12629 Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.14, which fixes this issue.
Title Apache APISIX: basic-auth logs plaintext credentials at info level
Weaknesses CWE-532
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-31T13:58:14.534Z

Reserved: 2025-10-09T07:45:57.637Z

Link: CVE-2025-62232

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-31T09:05:32.553Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-31T09:15:48.053

Modified: 2025-10-31T14:16:13.340

Link: CVE-2025-62232

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