CVE-2021-22133: Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files

February 10, 2021 (updated February 16, 2021)

The Elastic APM agent for Go can leak sensitive HTTP header information when logging the details during an application panic. Normally, the APM agent will sanitize sensitive HTTP header details before sending the information to the APM server. During an application panic it is possible the headers will not be sanitized before being sent.

References

discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-agent-for-go-1-11-0-security-update/263252
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22133

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