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CVE-2024-23686 — dependency-check-ant

MEDIUM

CVE-2024-23686 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) CWE-532 vulnerability in org.owasp:dependency-check-ant. A fix is available for org.owasp:dependency-check-ant — see the affected versions and patch details below.

DependencyCheck Debug Mode Logging of NVD API Key

Also known asGHSA-frxm-v7q3-v2wvGHSA-qqhq-8r2c-c3f5
Published
Updated
Affected
3 pkgs
Patched
3 / 3
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 2, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

Proof-of-concept exploit code exists

  • CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-23686.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.6%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs49th percentile — riskier than 49% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.10%0.45%0.80%1.15%0.7%0.6%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

3 pkgs affected
☕org.owasp:dependency-check-ant☕org.owasp:dependency-check-cli☕org.owasp:dependency-check-maven

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

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.

Affected Packages

3 total 3 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
☕Mavenorg.owasp:dependency-check-ant≥ 9.0.0&&< 9.0.69.0.6org.owasp:dependency-check-ant:9.0.6
☕Mavenorg.owasp:dependency-check-cli≥ 9.0.0&&< 9.0.69.0.6org.owasp:dependency-check-cli:9.0.6
☕Mavenorg.owasp:dependency-check-maven≥ 9.0.0&&< 9.0.69.0.6org.owasp:dependency-check-maven:9.0.6

Affected Products

1 product · 3 configurations
Application
dependency-checkowasp
≥ 9.0.0 && ≤ 9.0.5
range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.owasp:dependency-check-ant, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update org.owasp:dependency-check-ant to 9.0.6 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-23686 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

Frequently Asked Questions

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.
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CVE-2024-23686: dependency-check-ant — Fixed in 9.0.6