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medium 4.9

CVE-2024-38460 json

SonarQube logs sensitive information

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-hw2c-8xgw-mf57 , EUVD-2024-2078

cvss
4.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In SonarQube before 10.4 and 9.9.4 LTA, encrypted values generated using the Settings Encryption feature are potentially exposed in cleartext as part of the URL parameters in the logs (such as SonarQube Access Logs, Proxy Logs, etc).

Patch / fix

  • maven org.sonarsource.sonarqube:sonar-web 9.9.4
  • sonarsource sonarqube 9.9.4, 10.4

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Exploits and checks

  • community.sonarsource.com https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarqube-ce-10-3-0-leaking-encrypted-values-in-web-server-logs/108187 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:N/PR:H/S:U/UI:N
CNA 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.sonarsource.sonarqube:sonar-web
<9.9.4
9.9.4

Classification

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

References

Sources

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