Weakness · Medium
CWE-210: Self-generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
What it is
The product identifies an error condition and creates its own diagnostic or error messages that contain sensitive information.
- Severity (our rating)
- Medium
- Likelihood of exploit
- Not rated by MITRE
- Introduced during
- Architecture and Design, Implementation
- Exploited in the wild
- No CVE in CISA's catalog
What an attacker can do
- Read Application Data (Confidentiality)
How to prevent it
Implementation
- Debugging information should not make its way into a production release.
- Debugging information should not make its way into a production release.
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