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GHSA-q62h-354g-5r85: Steeltoe's env sanitizer misses connection strings — leaks embedded DB passwords

highCVSS 7.5CVE-2026-50200
Summary The Sanitizer component in the Environment actuator redacts configuration values by matching the configuration key name against a suffix list. The default list (password, secret, key, token, .*credentials.*, vcap_services) does not cover the standard .NET pattern ConnectionStrings:<name> or Steeltoe Connectors' Steeltoe:Client:<type>:Default:ConnectionString. There is no value-based scrubbing, so full connection string values including embedded Password= and user:pass@host segments are returned verbatim in /actuator/env responses. Impact Any caller who can reach /actuator/env can receive connection strings containing plaintext credentials. Those credentials enable direct connection to the backing database, bypassing the application tier. Affected configuration - Application configuration contains credentials in ConnectionStrings:* or *:ConnectionString keys. - On standard deployments: env is added to Management:Endpoints:Actuator:Exposure:Include. This is not the default. - On Cloud Foundry: the /cloudfoundryapplication/env path is accessible to any authenticated CF user with read_basic_data permissions (Space Auditor and above) regardless of the exposure configuration. Mitigations If an immediate upgrade is not possible: - On the standard path, remove env from the actuator exposure list. - Add .*connectionstring.* to KeysToSanitize as a defense-in-depth measure for both paths. - Require authorization on actuator endpoints.

Details

Source
GitHub Security Advisories (INTL · database · site)
Severity
high — CVSS 7.5
Published
2026-07-02
Last updated
2026-07-02
Exploitation
Not in CISA KEV at last sync

Original advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q62h-354g-5r85

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CVE-2026-50200coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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