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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2023-44483 EUVD-2023-2836GHSA-xfrj-6vvc-3xm2

Apache Santuario: Private Key disclosure in debug-log output

Published Oct 20, 2023 · Updated Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by apache

Description

All versions of Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java prior to 2.2.6, 2.3.4, and 3.0.3, when using the JSR 105 API, are vulnerable to an issue where a private key may be disclosed in log files when generating an XML Signature and logging with debug level is enabled. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.2.6, 2.3.4, or 3.0.3, which fixes this issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache Santuario 2.2 – < 2.2.6, 2.3 – < 2.3.4, 3.0 – < 3.0.3 2.2.6

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libxml-security-java 2.1.8-1.1 —
Debian 13 libxml-security-java 2.1.8-1.1~deb13u1 —
Debian 12 libxml-security-java 2.1.7-3+deb12u1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libxml-security-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libxml-security-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 libxml-security-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libxml-security-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libxml-security-java No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libxml-security-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libxml-security-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libxml-security-java No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Single Sign On 7 rh-sso7-keycloak +1 18.0.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso RHSA-2024:0800, RHSA-2024:0799, RHSA-2024:0798
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-eclipse-jgit 5.13.2-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711, RHSA-2024:0710
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-glassfish-jsf 2.3.14-7.SP08_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711, RHSA-2024:0710
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-hibernate +4 5.3.33-2.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711, RHSA-2024:0710
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-ironjacamar +8 1.5.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711, RHSA-2024:0710
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-cert-helper +1 1.1.1-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711, RHSA-2024:0710
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-msc 1.4.13-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711, RHSA-2024:0710
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-server-migration +2 1.10.0-34.Final_redhat_00033.1.el7eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711, RHSA-2024:0710
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jbossws-spi 3.4.0-4.Final_redhat_00002.1.el7eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711, RHSA-2024:0710
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-log4j2-jboss-logmanager 1.1.2-1.Final_redhat_00002.1.el7eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711, RHSA-2024:0710
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-protostream 4.3.6-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711, RHSA-2024:0710
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-resteasy +18 3.15.9-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711, RHSA-2024:0710
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly +4 7.4.15-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711, RHSA-2024:0710
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-elytron +1 1.15.21-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711, RHSA-2024:0710
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-java-jdk17 7.4.15-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.el8eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-naming-client 1.0.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711, RHSA-2024:0710
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-transaction-client 1.1.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711, RHSA-2024:0710
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-xml-security 2.2.6-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap RHSA-2024:0712, RHSA-2024:0711, RHSA-2024:0710

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling sonarqube-10 25.1.0.102122-r0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.apache.santuario:xmlsec >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 2.3.4 GHSA-xfrj-6vvc-3xm2
Maven org.apache.santuario:xmlsec < 2.2.6 2.2.6 GHSA-xfrj-6vvc-3xm2
Maven org.apache.santuario:xmlsec >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.3 3.0.3 GHSA-xfrj-6vvc-3xm2

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