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OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation: JDBC Auto-Instrumentation Logging Clear-Text Passwords

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 9, 2026 in open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation

Package

maven io.opentelemetry.javaagent:opentelemetry-javaagent (Maven)

Affected versions

< 2.28.0-alpha

Patched versions

2.28.0-alpha

Description

OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation JDBC auto-instrumentation may fail to sanitize passwords in SQL CONNECT statements when the password is double-quoted. As a result, clear-text database passwords can be added to trace span attributes and exported to observability backends.

References

@trask trask published to open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation Jun 9, 2026
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 1, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 29, 2026
Reviewed Jul 29, 2026

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(13th percentile)

Weaknesses

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

The product writes sensitive information to a log file. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-54704

GHSA ID

GHSA-rwqx-fvqh-6wm4

Source code

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