CVE-2024-27154
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedPasswords are stored in clear-text logs. An attacker can retrieve passwords. As for the affected products/models/versions, see the reference URL.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidencePasswords are being written in plaintext to application or system logs. An attacker with access to these logs (through log files, log aggregation systems, or log viewing privileges) can retrieve user passwords in cleartext, enabling credential theft and account compromise.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate application and system log filesIdentify all directories containing application logs (e.g., /var/log, app/logs, working directory logs) and system logs (Windows Event Log, syslog). Check both default and custom log paths configured in your environment.Affected if Log files exist in accessible locations
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Search logs for plaintext password patternsUse grep, Select-String, or similar search tools to scan log files for patterns indicating plaintext passwords: search for 'password=', 'pwd=', 'passwd=', 'password:', or actual password values appearing in cleartext. Include wildcard searches for *password* in log content.Affected if Any log entry contains a plaintext password or password-related parameter
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Review application logging configurationExamine application configuration files (config.xml, application.properties, settings files) for logging levels (DEBUG, TRACE) and any settings that enable password or credential logging. Check if sensitive field masking is disabled.Affected if Logging is set to DEBUG/TRACE or credential masking is explicitly disabled in config
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Inspect log aggregation systemsIf using log aggregation tools (Splunk, ELK, Graylog, cloud logging), query these systems for password patterns. Check saved searches, dashboards, or indexes that may store raw log data with credentials exposed.Affected if Aggregation system contains logs with plaintext credentials
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Check application source code or libraries for password loggingReview application source code, scripts, or third-party libraries for statements that log authentication parameters. Search for logger.debug(), console.log(), System.out.println(), or similar calls that include password variables.Affected if Code contains statements that log password or credential variables
If any log files, configuration settings, aggregation systems, or application code expose plaintext passwords, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataIdentify and remove password logging statements or implement masking/filtering to prevent sensitive credentials from being written to logs; review existing logs for exposed credentials and rotate any compromised passwords.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-27154 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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