MEDIUM 6.5 GitHub
CVE-2026-54704
OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation: JDBC Auto-Instrumentation Logging Clear-Text Passwords
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.
Affected Products
- maven/io.opentelemetry.javaagent:opentelemetry-javaagent < 2.28.0-alpha
References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rwqx-fvqh-6wm4
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/security/advisories/G
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54704
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/18754
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 was published on 2026-07-29 via GitHub. Affected: maven/io.opentelemetry.javaagent:opentelemetry-javaagent < 2.28.0-alpha.
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