PT-2023-32948 · Unknown · Dependencycheck For Ant+2

Published 2023-12-15 · Updated 2024-01-26 · CVE-2024-23686

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions DependencyCheck for Maven versions 9.0.0 through 9.0.6 DependencyCheck for CLI versions 9.0.0 through 9.0.5 DependencyCheck for Ant versions 9.0.0 through 9.0.5

Description The issue allows an attacker to recover the NVD API Key from a log file when DependencyCheck is used in debug mode. The nvdApiKey configuration parameter value is logged in clear text. Although the NVD API key is not highly sensitive, as it only grants a higher rate limit for publicly available data, it should still be treated as a secret and not exposed. If stolen, an attacker can use this key to obtain already public information.

Recommendations For DependencyCheck for Maven versions 9.0.0 through 9.0.6, consider disabling debug mode until a patch is available to prevent the NVD API Key from being logged in clear text. For DependencyCheck for CLI versions 9.0.0 through 9.0.5, consider disabling debug mode until a patch is available to prevent the NVD API Key from being logged in clear text. For DependencyCheck for Ant versions 9.0.0 through 9.0.5, consider disabling debug mode until a patch is available to prevent the NVD API Key from being logged in clear text. As a temporary workaround, consider configuring the nvdApiKey to use a secure method that does not log the key in clear text.

Fix

Insertion into Log File

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-532

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-23686

GHSA-FRXM-V7Q3-V2WV

GHSA-QQHQ-8R2C-C3F5

Affected Products

Dependencycheck For Ant

Dependencycheck For Cli

Dependencycheck For Maven

References · 11

• https://github.com/jeremylong/DependencyCheck/security/advisories/GHSA-qqhq-8r2c-c3f5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23686 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23686 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qqhq-8r2c-c3f5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-frxm-v7q3-v2wv · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/jeremylong/DependencyCheck · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qqhq-8r2c-c3f5 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/68929 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1748456539696906646 · Twitter Post
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-qqhq-8r2c-c3f5 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/68093 · Telegram Post