Medium severity · published Jul 1, 2026
CVE-2026-54704
OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation: JDBC Auto-Instrumentation Logging Clear-Text Passwords
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
opentelemetry-java-instrumentation · open-telemetry
< 2.28.0 · source: vendor
OI
Opentelemetry Instrumentation For Java · Linuxfoundation
before 2.28.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
OP
opentelemetry-java-instrumentation
open-telemetry
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54704
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54704
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/security/advisories/GHSA-rwqx-fvqh-6wm4
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