CVE-2024-38460

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-06-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-532

Description

In SonarQube before 10.4 and 9.9.4 LTA, encrypted values generated using the Settings Encryption feature are potentially exposed in cleartext as part of the URL parameters in the logs (such as SonarQube Access Logs, Proxy Logs, etc).

Affected products

SonarSource SonarQube: before 9.9.4; from 10.0.0.68432 before 10.4 — fixed in 10.4, 9.9.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SonarSource SonarQube 10.4, 9.9.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarqube-ce-10-3-0-leaking-encrypted-values-in-web-server-logs/108187
https://sonarsource.atlassian.net/browse/SONAR-21559
https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarqube-ce-10-3-0-leaking-encrypted-values-in-web-server-logs/108187
https://sonarsource.atlassian.net/browse/SONAR-21559

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