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CVE-2024-23686

MEDIUM

CVE-2024-23686 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) CWE-532 vulnerability in org.owasp:dependency-check-ant. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2024-23686 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

DependencyCheck Debug Mode Logging of NVD API Key

Published
Jan 19, 2024
Updated
Jul 16, 2026
Affected
3 pkgs
Patched
3 / 3
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

3 pkgs affected
org.owasp:dependency-check-antorg.owasp:dependency-check-cliorg.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-ant9.0.0&&< 9.0.69.0.6
Mavenorg.owasp:dependency-check-cli9.0.0&&< 9.0.69.0.6
Mavenorg.owasp:dependency-check-maven9.0.0&&< 9.0.69.0.6

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. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2024-23686 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to CVE-2024-23686. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

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.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is CVE-2024-23686 in your dependencies?

O3 detects CVE-2024-23686 across Maven dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.