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CVE-2026-54704: OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation: JDBC Auto-Instrumentation Logging Clear-Text Passwords
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-07-01 · updated 2026-10-25
- Weakness: CWE-532
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.
Affected products
- open-telemetry opentelemetry-java-instrumentation: before 2.28.0 — fixed in 2.28.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: open-telemetry opentelemetry-java-instrumentation 2.28.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
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