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CVE-2022-31023: Dev error stack trace leaking into prod in Play Framework

June 3, 2022 (updated November 3, 2025)

Play Framework, when run in dev mode, shows verbose errors for easy debugging, including an exception stack trace. Play does this by configuring its DefaultHttpErrorHandler to do so based on the application mode. In its Scala API Play also provides a static object DefaultHttpErrorHandler that is configured to always show verbose errors. This is used as a default value in some Play APIs, so it is possible to inadvertently use this version in production. It is also possible to improperly configure the DefaultHttpErrorHandler object instance as the injected error handler. Both of these situations could result in verbose errors displaying to users in a production application, which could expose sensitive information from the application.

In particular the constructor for CORSFilter and apply method for CORSActionBuilder use the static object DefaultHttpErrorHandler as a default value.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-p9p4-97g9-wcrh
  • github.com/playframework/playframework
  • github.com/playframework/playframework/pull/11305
  • github.com/playframework/playframework/releases/tag/2.8.16
  • github.com/playframework/playframework/security/advisories/GHSA-p9p4-97g9-wcrh
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31023

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.8.16

Fixed versions

  • 2.8.16

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.8.16 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-209: Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

Source file

maven/com.typesafe.play/play_2.13/CVE-2022-31023.yml

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