CVE-2024-23686DependencyCheck Debug Mode Logging of NVD API Key
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.60%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 51% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
DependencyCheck for Maven 9.0.0 to 9.0.6, for CLI version 9.0.0 to 9.0.5, and for Ant versions 9.0.0 to 9.0.5, when used in debug mode, allows an attacker to recover the NVD API Key from a log file.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
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Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.60% · top 51% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
org.owasp:dependency-check-maven
- affected 9.0.0 – ≤ 9.0.6
org.owasp:dependency-check-cli
- affected 9.0.0 – ≤ 9.0.5
org.owasp:dependency-check-ant
- affected 9.0.0 – ≤ 9.0.5
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.owasp:dependency-check-antGHSA-frxm-v7q3-v2wv (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.owasp:dependency-check-cliGHSA-frxm-v7q3-v2wv (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.owasp:dependency-check-mavenGHSA-frxm-v7q3-v2wv (opens in a new tab)
References
References3
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-qqhq-8r2c-c3f5) (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-qqhq-8r2c-c3f5) (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorythird-party-advisoryx_transferred
- https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-qqhq-8r2c-c3f5 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-0347 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-frxm-v7q3-v2wv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2024-23686)Record last updated .