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Apache APISIX: basic-auth logs plaintext credentials at info level

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Sensitive data exposure via logging in basic-auth leads to plaintext usernames and passwords written to error logs and forwarded to log sinks when log level is INFO/DEBUG. This creates a high risk of credential compromise through log access. It has been fixed in the following commit: https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12629 Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.14, which fixes this issue.

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CVEs
CVE-2025-62232
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3 Nov 2026, 04:55 UTC · Revision 1

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Apache APISIX: basic-auth logs plaintext credentials at info level

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Oct 2025, 08:48 UTC

Sensitive data exposure via logging in basic-auth leads to plaintext usernames and passwords written to error logs and forwarded to log sinks when log level is INFO/DEBUG. This creates a high risk of credential compromise through log access. It has been fixed in the following commit: https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12629 Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.14, which fixes this issue.

osv:CVE-2025-62232
Complete source record
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