CVE-2023-29471

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Published Apr 27, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:alpakka_kafka:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-1201	Lightbend Alpakka Kafka logs credentials on debug level
Github GHSA	GHSA-55vq-xpjf-r2xc	Lightbend Alpakka Kafka logs credentials on debug level

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.152% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://akka.io/security/alpakka-kafka-cve-2023-29471.html
https://github.com/akka/alpakka-kafka/issues/1592

History

Jan 31, 2025 7:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Lightbend Alpakka Kafka

Weaknesses

CWE-312

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jan 31, 2025, 6:39 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 27, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Jan 31, 2025, 6:39 PM
Reserved: Apr 6, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 2:07 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 2:07 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:50 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 27, 2023, 9:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:50 AM

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