CVE-2026-54704 — MEDIUM (6.5)

Q: How severe is CVE-2026-54704?

CVE-2026-54704 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2026-54704?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Linuxfoundation Opentelemetry Instrumentation For Java.

Vulnerability 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 Score

6.5

MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

HIGH

Integrity

NONE

Availability

NONE

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Linuxfoundation	Opentelemetry Instrumentation For Java	< 2.28.0

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-532

References

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/security/adVendor Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2026-54704?

CVE-2026-54704 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). 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 p...

How severe is CVE-2026-54704?

CVE-2026-54704 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2026-54704?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Linuxfoundation Opentelemetry Instrumentation For Java.