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.
Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rwqx-fvqh-6wm4 OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation: JDBC Auto-Instrumentation Logging Clear-Text Passwords
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History

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 02 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-java-instrumentation
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Opentelemetry opentelemetry-java-instrumentation

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation: JDBC Auto-Instrumentation Logging Clear-Text Passwords
Weaknesses CWE-532
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-02T12:23:50.336Z

Reserved: 2026-06-15T22:58:06.563Z

Link: CVE-2026-54704

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-02T12:23:47.315Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-07-01T22:16:50.050

Modified: 2026-07-06T17:00:08.480

Link: CVE-2026-54704

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-01T22:45:03Z

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