Description
Externally-Generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information vulnerability in plug_crypto in elixir-plug plug_crypto allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to expose the secret key base through application logs via a wrong-typed argument. Every public function in Plug.Crypto validates argument types in a function-head guard. A failed guard makes the Erlang VM raise FunctionClauseError with the actual argument values in the top stack frame, so the secret key base, a derived key, or the value an API key is compared against lands in that frame. The library's rescue blocks and Plug.Crypto.prune_args_from_stacktrace/1 only reach exceptions raised inside a function body, so they never see a guard failure. Plug.Cowboy and Bandit write the frame to the error log and attach it as crash_reason Logger metadata, which error trackers forward. Two entry points take request data. Plug.Crypto.verify/4 exposes the secret key base when the token is neither a binary nor nil, which Phoenix.Token.verify/4 reaches because it forwards the token unguarded. Plug.Crypto.secure_compare/2 exposes the other operand when one side is not a binary, as happens when a missing request header yields nil. Reading the leaked value needs separate access to the logs or the error tracker, so the request alone does not disclose the secret to the attacker. This issue affects plug: from 1.6.3 before 1.7.0; plug_crypto: from 1.0.0 before 2.2.1.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
elixir-plug plug
Default version status: unaffected
1.6.3 to < 1.7.0affected
pkg:hex/plugelixir-plug plug
Default version status: unaffected
56000c33d8a0a2fbac491f8be06b9c5112bc2276 to < *affected
pkg:github/elixir-plug/plugelixir-plug plug_crypto
Default version status: unaffected
1.0.0 to < 2.2.1affected
pkg:hex/plug_cryptoelixir-plug plug_crypto
Default version status: unaffected
2d078b7b8264c565f0ff71235c515f4f46882dcf to < 981887493dada0fce7003c61861c00dfbb0fc8c5affected
pkg:github/elixir-plug/plug_cryptoReferences
- https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/security/advisories/GHSA-ffw9-w85g-f2vh ↗
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-105963.html ↗
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-105963 ↗
- https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/56000c33d8a0a2fbac491f8be06b9c5112bc2276 ↗
- https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/aeaa90e76b73ea90c3ecca9aae16fce71bd2a8d4 ↗
- https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug_crypto/commit/2d078b7b8264c565f0ff71235c515f4f46882dcf ↗
- https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug_crypto/commit/981887493dada0fce7003c61861c00dfbb0fc8c5 ↗