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CVE-2024-38460: In SonarQube before 10.4 and 9.9.4 LTA, encrypted values generated using the Settings Encryption feature are potentially exposed in cleartex

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.33% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: org.sonarsource.sonarqube:sonar-web (Maven) 9.9.4.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to org.sonarsource.sonarqube:sonar-web (Maven) 9.9.4 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In SonarQube before 10.4 and 9.9.4 LTA, encrypted values generated using the Settings Encryption feature are potentially exposed in cleartext as part of the URL parameters in the logs (such as SonarQube Access Logs, Proxy Logs, etc).

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jun 16, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 26th percentile

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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
6.5
CNA · mitre
4.9
1.6 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:N/PR:H/S:U/UI:N

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
sonarsourcesonarqube

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • sonarsource sonarqubebefore 9.9.4
  • sonarsource sonarqube10.0.0.68432 and later · before 10.4

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Mavenorg.sonarsource.sonarqube:sonar-webbefore 9.9.49.9.4

Same product

sonarsource: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-27986SonarQube 8.4.2.36762 allows remote attackers to discover cleartext SMTP, SVN, and GitLab credentials via the api/settings/values URI.
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2024-47911In SonarSource SonarQube 10.4 through 10.5 before 10.6, a vulnerability was discovered in the authorizations/group-memberships API endpoint
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2019-17579SonarSource SonarQube before 7.8 has XSS in project links on account/projects.
    24Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2018-19413Dec 14, 2018 · A vulnerability in the API of SonarSource SonarQube before 7.4 could allow an authenticated user to discover sensitive information such as v
    17Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-28002Nov 2, 2020 · In SonarQube 8.4.2.36762, an external attacker can achieve authentication bypass through SonarScanner.
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-62292Oct 10, 2025 · In SonarQube before 25.6, 2025.3 Commercial, and 2025.1.3 LTA, authenticated low-privileged users can query the /api/v2/users-management/use
    17Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Maven:org.sonarsource.sonarqube:sonar-web9.9.4Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-532 · Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

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References

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