What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-29471?

CVE-2023-29471 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.2%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-29471?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2023-29471. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Alpakka Kafka CVE-2023-29471

MEDIUM

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information (CWE-312)

2023-04-27 cve@mitre.org

Information Disclosure Alpakka Kafka

5.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.5 MEDIUM

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Apr 27, 2023 - 21:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.5

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

3 maven packages depend on com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-kafka_2.12 (3 direct, 0 indirect)
9 maven packages depend on com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-kafka_2.13 (7 direct, 2 indirect)
3 maven packages depend on com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-kafka_3 (3 direct, 0 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 4.0.2 and other introduced versions.

DescriptionNVD

Lightbend Alpakka Kafka before 5.0.0 logs its configuration as debug information, and thus log files may contain credentials (if plain cleartext login is configured). This occurs in akka.kafka.internal.KafkaConsumerActor.

AnalysisAI

Lightbend Alpakka Kafka before 5.0.0 logs its configuration as debug information, and thus log files may contain credentials (if plain cleartext login is configured). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-312. Lightbend Alpakka Kafka before 5.0.0 logs its configuration as debug information, and thus log files may contain credentials (if plain cleartext login is configured). This occurs in akka.kafka.internal.KafkaConsumerActor. Affected products include: Lightbend Alpakka Kafka. Version information: before 5.0.0.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.