CVE-2026-54704 | OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation provides OpenTelemetry au… | CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

Description

OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation provides OpenTelemetry auto-instrumentation and instrumentation libraries for Java. In versions prior to 2.28.0, the 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. This issue has been fixed in version 2.28.0.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-54704
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 2026-06-15 22:58 UTC
Published: 2026-07-01 21:15 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-01 21:15 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-532
CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Vendor / Product: open-telemetry / opentelemetry-java-instrumentation
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

6.5 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
open-telemetry	opentelemetry-java-instrumentation	—	< 2.28.0

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-532	cna	CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
6.5	MEDIUM	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References (1)

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/security/advisories/GHSA-rwqx-fvqh-6wm4 https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/security/advisories/GHSA-rwqx-fvqh-6wm4