Information disclosure in Linuxfoundation Opentelemetry Instrumentation For Java
CVE-2023-39951
OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation provides OpenTelemetry auto-instrumentation and instrumentation libraries for Java. OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation prior to version 1.28.0 contains an issue related to the instrumentation of Java applications using the AWS SDK v2 with Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) v1 API. When SES POST requests are instrumented, the query parameters of the request are inserted into the trace `url.path` field. This behavior leads to the http body, containing the email subject and message, to be present in the trace request url metadata. Any user using a version before 1.28.0 of OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation to instrument AWS SDK v2 call to SES’s v1 SendEmail API is affected. The e-mail content sent to SES may end up in telemetry backend. This exposes the e-mail content to unintended audiences. The issue can be mitigated by updating OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation to version 1.28.0 or later.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (56.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/security/advisorie… (Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/issues/8956 (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/8931 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-39951?
- CVE-2023-39951 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linuxfoundation Opentelemetry Instrumentation For Java, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-08.
- How severe is CVE-2023-39951?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-39951 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.