Description
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache Commons VFS. The FtpFileObject class can throw an exception when a file is not found, revealing the original URI in its message, which may include a password. The fix is to mask the password in the exception message This issue affects Apache Commons VFS: before 2.10.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.10.0, which fixes the issue.
Problem types
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Product status
Any version before 2.10.0
Credits
Marek Šunda
References
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/23/2
issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VFS-169
lists.apache.org/thread/w6ztgnbk6ccry3470x191g3xwrpgy6f4