Weakness (CWE)
CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials
The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.
How to prevent it (3 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design
Use an appropriate security mechanism to protect the credentials.
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Architecture and Design
Make appropriate use of cryptography to protect the credentials.
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Implementation
Use industry standards to protect the credentials (e.g. LDAP, keystore, etc.).
Source: MITRE CWE-522
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High 7.6
Open OnDemand affected by Apache proxy passing sensitive headers
Open OnDemand provides remote web access to supercomputers. In versions 4.0.8 and prior, the Apache proxy allows sensitive headers to be passed to origin servers. This means malicious users can create an origin server on a compute node that record these heade…
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High 8.7
QiHang Media Web Digital Signage 3.0.9 Cleartext Credentials Disclosure
QiHang Media Web Digital Signage 3.0.9 contains a cleartext credentials vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to access administrative login information through an unprotected XML file. Attackers can retrieve hardcoded admin credentials by reque…
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High 7.2
Improper handling of OTP/TOTP/HOTP values in NetKnights GmbH privacyIDEA Authenticator v.4.3.0 on Android allows local …
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High 7.8
Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinKNOW Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Oxford Nanopore Technologies' MinKNOW software at or prior to version 24.11 stores authentication tokens in a file located in the system's temporary directory (/tmp) on the host machine. This directory is typically world-readable, allowing any local user or a…
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High 8.5
Argo Workflows exposes artifact repository credentials in workflow-controller logs
Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. Argo Workflows versions prior to 3.6.12 and versions 3.7.0 through 3.7.2 expose artifact repository credentials in plaintext in workflow-controlle…
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High 7.9
Vasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) Insecure SSH Client Configuration
Vasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) Virtual Appliance Host prior to 22.0.1049 and Application prior to 20.0.2786 (VA and SaaS deployments) configure the SSH client within Docker instances with the following options: `UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null`, `StrictHos…
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High 8.7
Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Dingtian DT-R002
All versions of Dingtian DT-R002 are vulnerable to an Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability that could allow an attacker to extract the proprietary "Dingtian Binary" protocol password by sending an unauthenticated GET request.
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High 8.7
Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Dingtian DT-R002
All versions of Dingtian DT-R002 are vulnerable to an Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability that could allow an attacker to retrieve the current user's username without authentication.
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High 8.2
The NVIDIA NVDebug tool contains a vulnerability that may allow an actor to gain access to a privileged account . A suc…
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High 8.8
Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information in SAP Business One (SLD)
When a user logs in via SAP Business One native client, the SLD backend service fails to enforce proper encryption of certain APIs. This leads to exposure of sensitive credentials within http response body. As a result, it has a high impact on the confidentia…
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High 8.8
Credential Disclosure via Insecure Storage on Charge Controller
An authenticated, low-privileged attacker can obtain credentials stored on the charge controller including the manufacturer password.
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High 7.7
Privilege escalation in the application services
E3 Site Supervisor Control (firmware version < 2.31F01) RCI service contains an API call to read users info, which returns all usernames and password hashes for the application services.
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High 7.1
Himmelblau's Kerberos credential cache collection is world readable
Himmelblau is an interoperability suite for Microsoft Azure Entra ID and Intune. In versions 0.8.0 through 0.9.21 and 1.0.0-beta through 1.1.0, Himmelblau stores the cloud TGT received during logon in the Kerberos credential cache. The created credential cach…
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High 7.2
Dell Digital Delivery, versions prior to 5.6.1.0, contains an Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability. A rem…
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High 8.7
Sitecore XM/XP/XC and Managed Cloud 8.0 - 10.4 Arbitrary File Read
A vulnerability exists in Sitecore Experience Manager (XM), Experience Platform (XP), Experience Commerce (XC), and Managed Cloud that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary files. This vulnerability affects all Experience Platform topologi…
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High 7.3
Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin vulnerability can expose sensitive information in logger messages
Jenkins Credentials Binding Plugin 687.v619cb_15e923f and earlier does not properly mask (i.e., replace with asterisks) credentials present in exception error messages that are written to the build log.
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High 7.3CVE-2025-34078 Public exploit
NSClient++ 0.5.2.35 Local Privilege Escalation via ExternalScripts and Web Interface
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in NSClient++ 0.5.2.35 when both the web interface and ExternalScripts features are enabled. The configuration file (nsclient.ini) stores the administrative password in plaintext and is readable by local users…
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High 8.1
tiny-secp256k1 vulnerable to private key extraction when signing a malicious JSON-stringifyable message in bundled environment
tiny-secp256k1 is a tiny secp256k1 native/JS wrapper. Prior to version 1.1.7, a private key can be extracted on signing a malicious JSON-stringifiable object, when global Buffer is the buffer package. This affects only environments where require('buffer') is …
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High 7.5
CyberData 011209 SIP Emergency Intercom Insufficiently Protected Credentials
CyberData 011209 Intercom does not properly store or protect web server admin credentials.
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High 8.7
A passback vulnerability which relates to office/small office multifunction printers and laser printers.
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High 8.7
A passback vulnerability which relates to production printers and office multifunction printers.
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High 7.1CVE-2025-46820 Public exploit
phpgt/Dom exposes the GITHUB_TOKEN in Dom workflow run artifact
phpgt/Dom provides access to modern DOM APIs. Versions of phpgt/Dom prior to 4.1.8 expose the GITHUB_TOKEN in the Dom workflow run artifact. The ci.yml workflow file uses actions/upload-artifact@v4 to upload the build artifact. This artifact is a zip of the c…
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High 7.5CVE-2025-28228 Scanner template
A credential exposure vulnerability in Electrolink 500W, 1kW, 2kW Medium DAB Transmitter Web v01.09, v01.08, v01.07, an…
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High 7.3
Azure Local Cluster Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Insufficiently protected credentials in Azure Local Cluster allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
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High 8.5
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in MeetMe products
The exposure of credentials in the call forwarding configuration module in MeetMe products in versions prior to 2024-09 allows an attacker to gain access to some important assets via configuration files.
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High 7.1
Pass-Back vulnerability in Sage 200 Spain
Pass-Back vulnerability in versions prior to 2025.35.000 of Sage 200 Spain. This vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker with administrator privileges to discover stored SMTP credentials.
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High 7.5
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next information disclosure
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next 7.0.2, 7.0.3, and 7.1 could allow a remote attacker to download temporary files which could expose application logic or other sensitive information.
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High 7.5
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next information disclosure
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next 7.0.2, 7.0.3, and 7.1 could allow a remote attacker to download temporary files which could expose application logic or other sensitive information.
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High 8.8
In XIQ-SE before 24.2.11, a low-privileged user may be able to access admin passwords, which could lead to privilege es…
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High 7.7
In JetBrains TeamCity before 2024.12.2 improper Kubernetes connection settings could expose sensitive resources
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High 7.6
SMB/FTP Address Book Scan Pass-back attack
With address book access, SMB/FTP settings could be modified, redirecting scans and possibly capturing credentials. This requires enabled scan functions and printer access.
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High 7.3
Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® AssetCentre Data Exposure Vulnerability
A data exposure vulnerability exists in all versions prior to V15.00.001 of Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® AssetCentre. The vulnerability exists due to storing credentials in the configuration file of EventLogAttachmentExtractor, ArchiveExtractor, LogCleanU…
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High 7.0
Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® AssetCentre Data Exposure Vulnerability
A data exposure vulnerability exists in all versions prior to V15.00.001 of Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® AssetCentre. The vulnerability exists due to insecure storage of FactoryTalk® Security user tokens, which could allow a threat actor to steal a token …
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High 7.5CVE-2024-23733 Public exploit
The /WmAdmin/,/invoke/vm.server/login login page in the Integration Server in Software AG webMethods 10.15.0 before Cor…
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High 8.4
An NTLM hash leak in Venki Supravizio BPM up to 18.0.1 allows authenticated attackers with Application Administrator ac…
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High 8.0
TP-Link TL-WR845N(UN)_V4_201214, TL-WR845N(UN)_V4_200909 and TL-WR845N(UN)_V4_190219 were discovered to contain weak de…
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High 8.0
TP-Link TL-WR845N(UN)_V4_190219 was discovered to transmit credentials in base64 encoded form, which can be easily deco…
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High 7.7
A vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication allows users with certain operator roles to expose saved credentials by l…
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High 8.0
An issue in the luci-mod-rpc package in OpenWRT Luci LTS allows for privilege escalation from an admin account to root …
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High —
OpenRefine leaks Google API credentials in releases
### Impact OpenRefine releases contain Google API authentication keys ("client id" and "client secret") which can be extracted from released artifacts. For instance, download the package for OpenRefine 3.8.2 on linux. It contains the file `openrefine-3.8.2/we…