Plain text password logging in server.log when org.apache.coyote.http11 is set to DEBUG

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Issue

We see passwords logged in plain text in server.log:

08:08:09,249 DEBUG [org.apache.coyote.http11] ... JBWEB003028: Start processing with input [j_username=USER&j_password=secret]

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.x

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