CWE-209
AllowedGeneration of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft
The product generates an error message that includes sensitive information about its environment, users, or associated data.
950 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-W2C4-VPGJ-G3JP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-01 21:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 04:28In JetBrains Ktor before 2.3.1 headers containing authentication data could be added to the exception's message
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"nvd_published_at": "2023-06-01T19:15:09Z",
"severity": "LOW"
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"details": "In JetBrains Ktor before 2.3.1 headers containing authentication data could be added to the exception\u0027s message",
"id": "GHSA-w2c4-vpgj-g3jp",
"modified": "2024-04-04T04:28:01Z",
"published": "2023-06-01T21:30:25Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34339"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-W3P4-547J-V9CV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-24 21:31 – Updated: 2026-03-24 21:31HCL Traveler is affected by sensitive information disclosure. The application generates some error messages that provide detailed information about errors and failures, such as internal paths, file names, sensitive tokens, credentials, error codes, or stack traces. Attackers could exploit this information to gain insights into the system's architecture and potentially launch targeted attacks.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-21783"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-24T20:16:26Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "HCL Traveler is affected by sensitive information disclosure.\u00a0 The application generates some error messages that provide detailed information about errors and failures, such as internal paths, file names, sensitive tokens, credentials, error codes, or stack traces.\u00a0 Attackers could exploit this information to gain insights into the system\u0027s architecture and potentially launch targeted attacks.",
"id": "GHSA-w3p4-547j-v9cv",
"modified": "2026-03-24T21:31:24Z",
"published": "2026-03-24T21:31:23Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21783"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article\u0026sysparm_article=KB0129139"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-W3WC-C543-6JJ6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-06 12:30 – Updated: 2026-05-06 12:30HCL DFXAnalytics is affected by an Improper Error Handling vulnerability where the application exposes detailed stack traces in responses, which could allow an attacker to gain insights into the application's internal structure, code logic, and environment configurations.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-59853"
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"CWE-209"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-06T11:16:04Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "HCL DFXAnalytics is affected by an Improper Error Handling vulnerability where the application exposes detailed stack traces in responses, which could allow an attacker to gain insights into the application\u0027s internal structure, code logic, and environment configurations.",
"id": "GHSA-w3wc-c543-6jj6",
"modified": "2026-05-06T12:30:28Z",
"published": "2026-05-06T12:30:28Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59853"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article\u0026sysparm_article=KB0130569"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-W4C4-H4JQ-X3XH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-14 15:32 – Updated: 2024-08-29 21:31A Fault Injection vulnerability in the SymmetricDecrypt function in cryptopp/elgamal.h of Cryptopp Crypto++ 8.9, allows an attacker to co-reside in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-28285"
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"CWE-209"
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-05-14T15:14:19Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
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"details": "A Fault Injection vulnerability in the SymmetricDecrypt function in cryptopp/elgamal.h of Cryptopp Crypto++ 8.9, allows an attacker to co-reside in the same system with a victim process to disclose information and escalate privileges.",
"id": "GHSA-w4c4-h4jq-x3xh",
"modified": "2024-08-29T21:31:02Z",
"published": "2024-05-14T15:32:53Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28285"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gist.github.com/liang-junkai/3e91f58070812ea76c1b8c126c3e28c7"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-W695-P3J5-HRJ9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-02-24 12:31 – Updated: 2023-03-06 19:38Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information vulnerability in the Apache Airflow AWS Provider. This issue affects Apache Airflow AWS Provider versions before 7.2.1.
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "apache-airflow-providers-amazon"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "7.2.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-25956"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2023-02-24T16:24:59Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2023-02-24T12:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information vulnerability in the Apache Airflow AWS Provider. This issue affects Apache Airflow AWS Provider versions before 7.2.1.",
"id": "GHSA-w695-p3j5-hrj9",
"modified": "2023-03-06T19:38:25Z",
"published": "2023-02-24T12:31:20Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25956"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29587"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/apache/airflow"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/07pl9y4gdpw2c6rzqm77dvkm2z2kb5gv"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Apache Airflow AWS Provider Generates Error Message Containing Sensitive Information"
}
GHSA-W7HJ-3RJM-8VJ7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:53 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:53Apache Ambari, version 2.5.0 to 2.6.2, passwords for Hadoop credential stores are exposed in Ambari Agent informational log messages when the credential store feature is enabled for eligible services. For example, Hive and Oozie.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-8042"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-07-18T15:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Apache Ambari, version 2.5.0 to 2.6.2, passwords for Hadoop credential stores are exposed in Ambari Agent informational log messages when the credential store feature is enabled for eligible services. For example, Hive and Oozie.",
"id": "GHSA-w7hj-3rjm-8vj7",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:53:29Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:53:29Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8042"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities#AmbariVulnerabilities-CVE-2018-8042"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104869"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-W7JM-9X4M-8QC3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-04-27 03:30 – Updated: 2025-01-31 21:35An issue was discovered in Serenity Serene (and StartSharp) before 6.7.0. When a password reset request occurs, the server response leaks the existence of users. If one tries to reset a password of a non-existent user, an error message indicates that this user does not exist.
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"affected": [
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "NuGet",
"name": "Serenity.Net.Core"
},
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"introduced": "0"
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"fixed": "6.7.0"
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"ecosystem": "NuGet",
"name": "Serenity.Net.Web"
},
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"fixed": "6.7.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-31286"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2023-04-27T17:09:01Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2023-04-27T03:15:10Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in Serenity Serene (and StartSharp) before 6.7.0. When a password reset request occurs, the server response leaks the existence of users. If one tries to reset a password of a non-existent user, an error message indicates that this user does not exist.",
"id": "GHSA-w7jm-9x4m-8qc3",
"modified": "2025-01-31T21:35:17Z",
"published": "2023-04-27T03:30:23Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31286"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/serenity-is/Serenity/commit/11b9d267f840513d04b4f4d4876de7823a6e48d2"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/serenity-is/Serenity"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/May/14"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172648/Serenity-StartSharp-Software-File-Upload-XSS-User-Enumeration-Reusable-Tokens.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/May/14"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "User account enumeration in Serenity"
}
GHSA-W7MR-P347-2RXR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-28 21:30 – Updated: 2025-05-10 03:30When a Web User without Create permission on subfolders attempts to upload a file to a non-existent directory, the error message includes the absolute server path which may allow Fuzzing for application mapping. This issue affects GoAnywhere: before 7.8.0.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-0049"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-28T21:15:56Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "When a Web User without Create permission on subfolders attempts to upload a file to a non-existent directory, the error message includes the absolute server path which may allow\u00a0Fuzzing for application mapping.\nThis issue affects GoAnywhere: before 7.8.0.",
"id": "GHSA-w7mr-p347-2rxr",
"modified": "2025-05-10T03:30:21Z",
"published": "2025-04-28T21:30:43Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0049"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.fortra.com/security/advisories/product-security/fi-2025-004"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-W9JV-G8J2-WMHM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-28 18:31 – Updated: 2024-06-28 18:31IBM MQ Console 9.3 LTS and 9.3 CD could disclose could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 292765.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-35155"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-06-28T18:15:04Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "IBM MQ Console 9.3 LTS and 9.3 CD could disclose could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 292765.",
"id": "GHSA-w9jv-g8j2-wmhm",
"modified": "2024-06-28T18:31:42Z",
"published": "2024-06-28T18:31:42Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35155"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/292765"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7158059"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-WCM6-86H3-R2CQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-19 18:32 – Updated: 2026-06-01 18:31In the web management interface of Archer AX72 (SG) v1, the network diagnostic feature improperly handles invalid user input, resulting in limited exposure of diagnostic command usage information.
An authenticated attacker with administrative privileges could exploit this issue to confirm the presence of the diagnostic utility and view its valid command-line syntax and options. The exposed information is limited in scope and does not include sensitive system data.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-5511"
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"CWE-209"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-19T17:16:23Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "In the web management interface of Archer AX72 (SG) v1, the network diagnostic feature improperly handles invalid user input, resulting in limited exposure of diagnostic command usage information.\u00a0\n\n\nAn authenticated attacker with administrative privileges could exploit this issue to confirm the presence of the diagnostic utility and view its valid command-line syntax and options.\u00a0 The exposed information is limited in scope and does not include sensitive system data.",
"id": "GHSA-wcm6-86h3-r2cq",
"modified": "2026-06-01T18:31:31Z",
"published": "2026-05-19T18:32:13Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5511"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.tp-link.com/sg/support/download/archer-ax72/#Firmware"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5096"
}
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"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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}
Mitigation MIT-39
- Ensure that error messages only contain minimal details that are useful to the intended audience and no one else. The messages need to strike the balance between being too cryptic (which can confuse users) or being too detailed (which may reveal more than intended). The messages should not reveal the methods that were used to determine the error. Attackers can use detailed information to refine or optimize their original attack, thereby increasing their chances of success.
- If errors must be captured in some detail, record them in log messages, but consider what could occur if the log messages can be viewed by attackers. Highly sensitive information such as passwords should never be saved to log files.
- Avoid inconsistent messaging that might accidentally tip off an attacker about internal state, such as whether a user account exists or not.
Mitigation
Handle exceptions internally and do not display errors containing potentially sensitive information to a user.
Mitigation MIT-33
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
Use naming conventions and strong types to make it easier to spot when sensitive data is being used. When creating structures, objects, or other complex entities, separate the sensitive and non-sensitive data as much as possible.
Mitigation MIT-40
Strategy: Compilation or Build Hardening
Debugging information should not make its way into a production release.
Mitigation MIT-40
Strategy: Environment Hardening
Debugging information should not make its way into a production release.
Mitigation
Where available, configure the environment to use less verbose error messages. For example, in PHP, disable the display_errors setting during configuration, or at runtime using the error_reporting() function.
Mitigation
Create default error pages or messages that do not leak any information.
CAPEC-215: Fuzzing for application mapping
An attacker sends random, malformed, or otherwise unexpected messages to a target application and observes the application's log or error messages returned. The attacker does not initially know how a target will respond to individual messages but by attempting a large number of message variants they may find a variant that trigger's desired behavior. In this attack, the purpose of the fuzzing is to observe the application's log and error messages, although fuzzing a target can also sometimes cause the target to enter an unstable state, causing a crash.
CAPEC-463: Padding Oracle Crypto Attack
An adversary is able to efficiently decrypt data without knowing the decryption key if a target system leaks data on whether or not a padding error happened while decrypting the ciphertext. A target system that leaks this type of information becomes the padding oracle and an adversary is able to make use of that oracle to efficiently decrypt data without knowing the decryption key by issuing on average 128*b calls to the padding oracle (where b is the number of bytes in the ciphertext block). In addition to performing decryption, an adversary is also able to produce valid ciphertexts (i.e., perform encryption) by using the padding oracle, all without knowing the encryption key.
CAPEC-54: Query System for Information
An adversary, aware of an application's location (and possibly authorized to use the application), probes an application's structure and evaluates its robustness by submitting requests and examining responses. Often, this is accomplished by sending variants of expected queries in the hope that these modified queries might return information beyond what the expected set of queries would provide.
CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection
Blind SQL Injection results from an insufficient mitigation for SQL Injection. Although suppressing database error messages are considered best practice, the suppression alone is not sufficient to prevent SQL Injection. Blind SQL Injection is a form of SQL Injection that overcomes the lack of error messages. Without the error messages that facilitate SQL Injection, the adversary constructs input strings that probe the target through simple Boolean SQL expressions. The adversary can determine if the syntax and structure of the injection was successful based on whether the query was executed or not. Applied iteratively, the adversary determines how and where the target is vulnerable to SQL Injection.