CVE-2023-29471

low-risk
Published 2023-04-27

Lightbend Alpakka Kafka before 5.0.0 logs its configuration as debug information, and thus log files may contain credentials (if plain cleartext login is configured). This occurs in akka.kafka.internal.KafkaConsumerActor.

Do I need to act?

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0.04% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Alpakka Kafka

Affected Vendors

Lightbend

References (4)

Vendor Advisory https://akka.io/security/alpakka-kafka-cve-2023-29471.html
Issue Tracking https://github.com/akka/alpakka-kafka/issues/1592
Vendor Advisory https://akka.io/security/alpakka-kafka-cve-2023-29471.html
Issue Tracking https://github.com/akka/alpakka-kafka/issues/1592
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal