Weakness (CWE)
CWE-212: Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer
The product stores, transfers, or shares a resource that contains sensitive information, but it does not properly remove that information before the product makes the resource available to unauthorized actors.
More detail
Resources that may contain sensitive data include documents, packets, messages, databases, etc. While this data may be useful to an individual user or small set of users who share the resource, it may need to be removed before the resource can be shared outside of the trusted group. The process of removal is sometimes called cleansing or scrubbing.
For example, a product for editing documents might not remove sensitive data such as reviewer comments or the local pathname where the document is stored. Or, a proxy might not remove an internal IP address from headers before making an outgoing request to an Internet site.
How to prevent it (5 mitigations)
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Requirements
Clearly specify which information should be regarded as private or sensitive, and require that the product offers functionality that allows the user to cleanse the sensitive information from the resource before it is published or exported to other parties.
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Architecture and Design
Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.
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Implementation, Operation
Some tools can automatically analyze
documents to redact, strip, or "sanitize" private
information, although some human review might be
necessary. Tools may vary in terms of which document
formats can be processed.When calling an external program to automatically
generate or convert documents, invoke the program with
any available options that avoid generating sensitive
metadata. Some formats have well-defined fields that
could contain private data, such as Exchangeable image
file format (Exif), which can contain potentially
sensitive metadata such as geolocation, date, and time
[REF-1515] [REF-1516]. -
Implementation
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.
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Implementation
Avoid errors related to improper resource shutdown or release (CWE-404), which may leave the sensitive data within the resource if it is in an incomplete state.
Source: MITRE CWE-212
108 results · Feed
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Medium 4.3
IBM Controller Disclosure Management has addressed vulnerabilities
IBM Controller Disclosure Management 1.0.0.0 could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive EXIF metadata from uploaded images due to improper removal of sensitive information before storage.
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Medium 4.0
Rustls before 0.23.46 and 0.24.0-dev.1 before 0.24.0-dev.2 Secret Exposure via Debug
Rustls before 0.23.46 and 0.24.0-dev.1 before 0.24.0-dev.2 contains an information disclosure vulnerability where derived Debug formatting of client session values exposes secret key material. Custom ClientSessionStore implementations that log Tls12ClientSess…
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Medium 4.9
CallBackery versions before 0.62.0 for Perl send users their own password hash and the admin-only user note via getUserConfig
CallBackery versions before 0.62.0 for Perl send users their own password hash and the admin-only user note via getUserConfig. getUserConfig() returns the caller's whole cbuser row, including the stored password hash and the note field that the user interface…
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Medium 4.0
Rustls: Session Debug formatting exposes TLS master secrets and resumption PSKs
### Summary Formatting a client session value with Debug exposes its TLS 1.2 master secret or TLS 1.3 resumption PSK. A custom session store that logs these values can disclose keys to readers of the logs. Ordinary connection and built-in cache diagnostics re…
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Low 3.3
OpenBao 2.2.0 before 2.6.4 and 2.7.0 before 2.7.1 ACME EAB MAC Key Disclosure via Sanitized Configuration
OpenBao 2.2.0 before 2.6.4 and 2.7.0 before 2.7.1 contains an information disclosure vulnerability that exposes the tls_acme_eab_mac_key value through the sys/config/state/sanitized endpoint. Callers of the sanitized configuration endpoint can retrieve the AC…
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High 8.2
follow-redirects array-form headers bypass cross-origin credential stripping
follow-redirects is a Node.js HTTP and HTTPS client wrapper that automatically follows redirects. From version 1.16.0 to before version 1.16.1, follow-redirects removes sensitive credential headers (Authorization, Proxy-Authorization, Cookie, and any caller-d…
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Medium 6.5
Nezha 2.2.5 before 2.3.15 Information Disclosure via DDNS List Endpoint
Nezha from 2.2.5 before 2.3.15 contains an information disclosure vulnerability that allows authenticated users to retrieve third-party credentials because listDDNS omits WebhookURL and WebhookRequestBody redaction. Admins or PATs with nezha:ddns:read scope c…
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Low 2.3
Pydantic AI OpenTelemetry instrumentation: retry prompt content is not redacted when `include_content=False`
Pydantic AI is a Python agent framework for building applications and workflows with Generative AI. From 0.3.4 until 1.107.4 and 2.27.1, OpenTelemetry instrumentation configured with InstrumentationSettings(include_content=False) can export retry prompts outs…
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Low 2.3
Pydantic AI OpenTelemetry instrumentation: exception events on tool and agent run spans include content when `include_content=False`
Pydantic AI is a Python agent framework for building applications and workflows with Generative AI. From 0.3.4 until 1.107.6 and 2.44.0, OpenTelemetry instrumentation configured with InstrumentationSettings(include_content=False) can still export sensitive ag…
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Medium 6.9
"Checked by" label in page history should not be shown if the underlying review log entry is suppressed"
Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation's Mediawiki - FlaggedRevs extension through 1.46.0.
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Low 3.4
This Power System update is being released to address
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1120.00 through FW1120.01, FW1110.00 through FW1110.31, FW1060.00 through FW1060.81, and FW950.00 through FW950.H3 is affected by a vulnerability in the partition resource dump interface. An attacker with authenticated administrator-l…
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High 7.1
The Canva Mobile App for HarmonyOS before v1.15.1 did not restrict the headers returned to an external origin running i…
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Medium 6.5
HCL DevOps Deploy / HCL Launch is susceptible to an Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer
HCL DevOps Deploy / HCL Launch is susceptible to an information disclosure vulnerability when processing redacted property values. If a deployment is configured with a secure property that starts with certain non-ASCII characters, the redaction engine may fai…
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Medium 4.2
Security Advisory 0178
On affected platforms running Arista EOS with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) configured, SNMPv3 local or remote user credentials may be exposed as a one-way hashed, localized key value within the device's running and sanitized configurations. An au…
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Low 3.8
Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 Attachment Deletion Reports Success While File Remains
Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 fails to check the return value of Storage::delete() in UploadedFilesController::destroy() and Api\\UploadedFilesController::destroy(), allowing deletion requests to report success while files remain on disk. Administrators performing at…
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Low 2.7
Improper Redaction of Query Literals in MongoDB Server Query Statistics Serialization on Sharded Cluster Router
A security issue in MongoDB Server's query statistics serialization on the router allows users with monitoring privileges to access unredacted search query text from other users' operations. An improper conditional check in the serialization logic causes the …
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High 7.1
nebula-mesh: CA private key not zeroized on web mobile-bundle error paths
nebula-mesh is a self-hosted control plane for Slack Nebula mesh VPN. Prior to version 0.3.8, the web handler renderMobileBundle passes the real *pki.CAResolver directly into mobilebundle.Build. Inside Build, resolver.LoadByID decrypts the CA's ed25519 privat…
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Medium 6.5
IBM DevOps Deploy / IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) is susceptible to an information disclosure vulnerability
IBM UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy 7.2 through 7.2.3.25, and 7.3 through 7.3.2.20 and IBM UCD - IBM DevOps Deploy 8.0 through 8.0.1.15, 8.1 through 8.1.2.8, and 8.2 through 8.2.2.1 IBM DevOps Deploy / IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) is susceptible to an formation disc…
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High 8.8
The Canva Android App before 2.376.0 did not restrict the headers returned to an external origin running in a privilege…
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Medium 5.9
.NET Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
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Medium 5.9
guzzlehttp/guzzle before 7.15.1 URI Fragment Disclosure via Referer
guzzlehttp/guzzle versions before 7.15.1 contain an information disclosure vulnerability in RedirectMiddleware. When the optional allow_redirects.referer setting is enabled, the middleware copies the URI fragment (the portion after '#') from the referring req…
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Medium 5.6
AppArmor Base Profile Misconfiguration in snapd Permits Confined Snaps Unauthorized Access to Hashed Passwords via systemd-userdbd
An access control bypass and information disclosure vulnerability exists in the base AppArmor security profile configuration of Canonical snapd. The abstraction rules located in /etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/nss-systemd (inherited via ) inadvertently permit st…
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Medium 5.8
Kronosnet: kronosnet: encryption key exposure in memory after cryptographic configuration changes
A vulnerability was found in kronosnet's (version <=1.34) cryptographic configuration management. The framework does not correctly zero-out or wipe sensitive memory segments after executing changes to its cryptographic configuration. This omission leaves raw …
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Medium 4.3
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: authenticator config endpoint exposes raw recaptcha secrets to view-only admins
A flaw was found in the authentication configuration endpoint of the keycloak-services component, which is the core engine for Red Hat Build of Keycloak identity and access management. The issue occurs because the system fails to mask sensitive configuration …
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Medium 6.3
Argo CD: Kubernetes Secret Extraction via ArgoCD ServerSideDiff via sensitive annotations
Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. From 3.2.0 until 3.2.12, 3.3.10, and 3.4.2, Argo CD ServerSideDiff can expose Kubernetes Secret values embedded in the kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration annotation becaus…
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Medium 6.8
OpenStack Ironic can return unredacted sensitive information when applying a PATCH to update fields in volume properties
In OpenStack Ironic before 37.0.1, when applying a PATCH to update fields in volume properties the user is authorized for, Ironic can return unredacted sensitive information (such as iSCSI credentials). The PATCH outcome is a security issue; the POST outcome …
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High 7.1
Bludit's persistent authentication tokens not revoked upon account disablement
Bludit is a content management system. Versions prior to 3.22.0 have a vulnerability in the user management logic that allows deactivated accounts to maintain access via persistent authentication tokens. When an administrator disables a user account, the appl…
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Medium 4.6
The factory reset functionality in GNCC GP5 v7.1.76 fails to clear sensitive cryptographic material in the JFFS2 config…
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Medium 5.5
Gryph Agents Payload Filter Fails to Strip Tool Payload for Sensitive Content
Gryph provides a security layer for AI coding agents. Prior to 0.7.0, Gryph implements logging levels that determine what content is logged to a local sqlite database. The README incorrectly mentions that the default log level is minimal while it is standard.…
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Medium 6.5
FacturaScripts: Unstripped Image Metadata (EXIF) Leakage via Library Module File Upload/Download
FacturaScripts is an open source accounting and invoicing software. In versions prior to 2026, the Library module stores and serves uploaded images byte-for-byte, without stripping EXIF/XMP/IPTC metadata. Any authenticated user who downloaded an image could e…
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Low 2.3
OpenBao's Namespace Deletion May Not Delete Data Properly
OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to 2.5.3, when OpenBao's initial namespace deletion fails, subsequent retries fail to properly remove all data before marking the namespace as deleted. This can affect any outstanding l…
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Critical 9.6CVE-2026-42880 Public exploit
ArgoCD ServerSideDiff is vulnerable to Kubernetes Secret Extraction
Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. From versions 3.2.0 to before 3.2.11 and 3.3.0 to before 3.3.9, there is a missing authorization and data-masking gap in Argo CD's ServerSideDiff endpoint that allows an attacker with r…
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High 8.0
Phoenix Contact: Improper removal of sensitive information in MGUARD products
A low privileged remote attacker can gain the root password due to improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer.
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Medium 6.5
OpenClaw < 2026.4.14 - Redaction Bypass via sourceConfig and runtimeConfig Aliases
OpenClaw before 2026.4.14 contains a redaction bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated gateway clients to receive unredacted secrets through sourceConfig and runtimeConfig alias fields. Attackers with config read access can exploit this to obtain provi…
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High 7.7
In Argo CD 3.2.0 before 3.2.11 and 3.3.0 before 3.3.9, ServerSideDiff allows reading cleartext Kubernetes Secret data.
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Low 3.3
OpenClaw < 2026.3.31 - Unsanitized Environment Variable Leakage in SSH Sandbox Backends
OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains an environment variable leakage vulnerability in SSH-based sandbox backends that pass unsanitized process.env to child processes. Attackers can exploit this by leveraging non-default SSH environment forwarding configurations…
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Medium 6.9
follow-redirects: Custom Authentication Headers Leaked to Cross-Domain Redirect Targets
follow-redirects is an open source, drop-in replacement for Node's `http` and `https` modules that automatically follows redirects. Prior to 1.16.0, when an HTTP request follows a cross-domain redirect (301/302/307/308), follow-redirects only strips authoriza…
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Medium 4.6
Windows Recovery Environment Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer in Windows Recovery Environment Agent allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.
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Medium 6.5
OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Credential Exposure via baseUrl Fields in Gateway Snapshots
OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 contains an information disclosure vulnerability that allows attackers with operator.read scope to expose credentials embedded in channel baseUrl and httpUrl fields. Attackers can access gateway snapshots via config.get and channels.…
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High 8.8
Global vanishing does not completely remove user email
Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - CentralAuth Extension allows Resource Leak Exposure. The issue has been remediated on the `master` branch, and in the release branches f…