🛡️ CVE-2023-44483 — santuario-xml-security-for-java

🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-532 NVD
6.5
CVSS Score
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Description

Apache Santuario - XML Security for Java are vulnerable to private key disclosure

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-44483 is classified as CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. Sensitive values are written to logs, which are typically kept longer and read more widely than the data warrants.

Affected software

CVE-2023-44483 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • org.apache.santuario:xmlsec (from 3.0.0 up to 3.0.3)
  • santuario-xml-security-for-java (from 3.0.0 up to 3.0.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 20 October 2023 and last revised on 4 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
lists.apache.org (Web)
santuario.apache.org (Web)
security.netapp.com (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)

CVE-2023-44483 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-532
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-10-20
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-02-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.apache.santuario:xmlsec 3.0.0 3.0.3
santuario-xml-security-for-java 3.0.0 3.0.3

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