<URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=62040 >
Here is a simple fix for this issue. I opted to keep the messages and just omit the password.
Index: AuthenHook.xs =================================================================== --- AuthenHook.xs (revision 63560) +++ AuthenHook.xs (working copy) @@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ case OK: ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_INFO, 0, r, - "Apache::AuthenHook - user '%s', password '%s' verified", - user, password); + "Apache::AuthenHook - user '%s' verified", + user); status = AUTH_GRANTED; break; @@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ default: ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_INFO, 0, r, - "Apache::AuthenHook - user '%s', password '%s' denied", - user, password); + "Apache::AuthenHook - user '%s' denied", + user); status = AUTH_DENIED; };