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CVE-2023-44483 json

Apache Santuario: Private Key disclosure in debug-log output

published 3y ago modified 2mo ago also GHSA-xfrj-6vvc-3xm2 , EUVD-2023-2836

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.santuario:xmlsec 2.2.6, 2.3.4, 3.0.3
  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Santuario 2.2.6, 2.3.4, 3.0.3
  • libxml-security-java Debian 12 2.1.7-3+deb12u1
  • libxml-security-java Debian 13 2.1.8-1.1~deb13u1
  • libxml-security-java Debian 14 2.1.8-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-44483

  • rh-sso7-keycloak red hat single sign on 7.6 18.0.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak-server red hat single sign on 7.6 18.0.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak red hat single sign on 7.6 18.0.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak-server red hat single sign on 7.6 18.0.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak red hat single sign on 7.6 18.0.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak-server red hat single sign on 7.6 18.0.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 7.4.15-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap
  • eap7-resteasy jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 3.15.9-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:0800RHSA-2024:0799RHSA-2024:0798RHSA-2024:0710RHSA-2024:0711RHSA-2024:0712

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red hat product security vex CVE-2023-44483 updated cvss 6.5

santuario: Private Key disclosure in debug-log output

  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3 santuario santuario
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Fuse 7 santuario santuario
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 santuario santuario
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 2 santuario santuario
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 santuario santuario Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 santuario santuario Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 santuario santuario Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 santuario santuario Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 santuario santuario
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Middleware Containers for OpenShift rh-sso-7/sso76-openshift-rhel8 7.6-41
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0801
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel 3.20.6 for Spring Boot
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:3708
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wildfly 7.4.15-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-xml-security 2.2.6-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-resteasy 3.15.9-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-hibernate 5.3.33-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-jboss-msc 1.4.13-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-eclipse-jgit 5.13.2-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +48 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0710
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  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8 eap7-wildfly 7.4.15-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-xml-security 2.2.6-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-resteasy 3.15.9-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-hibernate 5.3.33-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-jboss-msc 1.4.13-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-eclipse-jgit 5.13.2-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +49 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0711
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 9 eap7-wildfly 7.4.15-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.el9eap, eap7-xml-security 2.2.6-1.redhat_00002.1.el9eap, eap7-resteasy 3.15.9-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap7-hibernate 5.3.33-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap7-jboss-msc 1.4.13-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap7-eclipse-jgit 5.13.2-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, +47 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0712
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform xmlsec 2.2.6.redhat-00002
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0714
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0804
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 7 Server rh-sso7-keycloak 18.0.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server 18.0.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0798
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 8 rh-sso7-keycloak 18.0.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server 18.0.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0799
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 9 rh-sso7-keycloak 18.0.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server 18.0.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0800
  • Red Hat RHBOAC camel-quarkus 3 (camel-4.0/quarkus-3.2)
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0789
  • Red Hat Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel8 Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2 santuario santuario Red Hat Data Grid 8 santuario santuario Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform pom.xml, c3 0.6.0, c3 0.7.1, d3 5.9.2, fs 2.1.2, ip 2.0.0, +1590 more Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 santuario santuario Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack santuario santuario
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

1.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-15).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.santuario:xmlsec
>=2.3.0, <2.3.4
<2.2.6
>=3.0.0, <3.0.3
2.3.4
2.2.6
3.0.3

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Santuario

Classification

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

References

Sources

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