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CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Class Incomplete

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)
  1. Architecture and Design

    Use an appropriate security mechanism to protect the credentials.

  2. Architecture and Design

    Make appropriate use of cryptography to protect the credentials.

  3. Implementation

    Use industry standards to protect the credentials (e.g. LDAP, keystore, etc.).

Source: MITRE CWE-522

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  • Medium 6.5

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  • Medium 4.7

    Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Java (Software Update Manager)

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  • Medium 6.8

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  • Medium 6.8

    Insufficiently protected credentials in SMTP server settings in 1C-Bitrix Bitrix24 23.300.100 allows remote administrat…

  • Medium 6.8

    Insufficiently protected credentials in AD/LDAP server settings in 1C-Bitrix Bitrix24 23.300.100 allows remote administ…

  • Medium 6.8

    Insufficiently protected credentials in SMTP server settings in 1C-Bitrix Bitrix24 23.300.100 allows remote administrat…

  • Medium 4.9

    IBM CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms information disclosure

    IBM CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms 9.2 and 9.3 transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

  • Medium 5.5

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  • Medium 4.3

    In JetBrains TeamCity before 2024.07.3 password could be exposed via Sonar runner REST API

  • Medium 4.8

    OpenC3 COSMOS uses clear text storage of password/token (`GHSL-2024-129`)

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  • Medium 5.5

    IBM Cognos Analytics information disclosure

    IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.2.2, 11.2.3, 11.2.4, 12.0.0, 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.3, and IBM Cognos Analytics Reports for iOS 11.0.0.7 could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information in the form of an API key. An attacker could use this i…

  • Medium 4.1

    In JetBrains YouTrack before 2024.3.44799 token could be revealed on Imports page

  • Medium 4.2

    Hughes Network Systems Insufficiently Protected Credentials

    Credentials to access device configuration information stored unencrypted in flash memory. These credentials would allow read-only access to network configuration information and terminal configuration data.

  • Medium 4.9

    IBM InfoSphere Information Server information disclosure

    IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 could allow a privileged user to obtain sensitive information from authentication request headers. IBM X-Force ID: 298277.

  • Medium 5.3

    SourceCodester Prison Management System Profile Image insufficiently protected credentials

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  • Medium 6.8

    Authentication Bypass in GNCC's GC2 Indoor Security Camera 1080P allows an attacker with physical access to gain a priv…

  • Medium 5.0

    In JetBrains TeamCity before 2024.03.3 application token could be exposed in EC2 Cloud Profile settings

  • Medium 4.1

    In JetBrains TeamCity before 2024.03.3 private key could be exposed via testing GitHub App Connection

  • Medium 5.3

    In JetBrains YouTrack before 2024.2.34646 user access token was sent to the third-party site

  • Medium 6.3

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  • Medium 6.5

    An issue was discovered in Kape CyberGhostVPN 8.4.3.12823 on Windows. After a successful logout, user credentials remai…

  • Medium 5.3

    SimpleSAMLphp exposes credentials in session storage

    ### Background In order to implement support for the SAML Enhanced Client or Proxy profile, the credentials obtained for authentication were stored in the state in order to pass them to the relevant routines. This, however, led to the credentials being record…

  • Medium 6.5

    ci solution CI-Out-of-Office Manager through 6.0.0.77 uses a Hard-coded Cryptographic Key.

  • Medium 5.5

    Trivy possibly leaks registry credential when scanning images from malicious registries

    Trivy is a security scanner. Prior to 0.51.2, if a malicious actor is able to trigger Trivy to scan container images from a crafted malicious registry, it could result in the leakage of credentials for legitimate registries such as AWS Elastic Container Regis…

  • Medium 6.7

    HCL BigFix Platform is susceptible to insufficiently protected credentials

    An attacker could potentially intercept credentials via the task manager and perform unauthorized access to the Client Deploy Tool on Windows systems.

  • Medium 6.3

    A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (6GT2780-0DA00) (All versions < V3.0.1.1), SIMATIC…

  • Medium 6.3

    A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (6GT2780-0DA00) (All versions < V3.0.1.1), SIMATIC…

  • Medium 6.2

    IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms information disclosure

    IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms 8.2 transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. IBM X-Force ID: 280192.

  • Medium 6.5

    VMware Avi Load Balancer updates address multiple vulnerabilities

     VMware Avi Load Balancer contains an information disclosure vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to the system logs can view cloud connection credentials in plaintext.

  • Medium 6.5

    HCL BigFix Compliance is potentially affected by Oracle database credentials stored at endpoint

    Database scanning using username and password stores the credentials in plaintext or encoded format within files at the endpoint. This has been identified as a significant security risk. This will lead to exposure of sensitive information for unauthorized acc…

  • Medium 6.8

    Eclipse EDC: OAuth2 Credential Exfiltration Vulnerability

    In Eclipse Dataspace Components from version 0.2.1 to 0.6.2, in the EDC Connector component ( https://github.com/eclipse-edc/Connector ), an attacker might obtain OAuth2 client secrets from the vault. In Eclipse Dataspace Components from version 0.2.1 to 0.6.…

  • Medium 4.3

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  • Medium 6.1

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  • Medium 5.5

    Azure Identity Library for .NET Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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  • Medium 6.1

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  • Medium 6.2

    IBM Host Access Transformation Services information disclosure

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  • Medium 5.3

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  • Medium 6.2

    Shared Key in Comarch ERP XL

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  • Medium 5.3

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  • Medium 4.3

    IBM CICS TX session fixation

    IBM CICS TX Standard and Advanced 11.1 could allow a user with physical access to the web browser to gain access to the user's session due to insufficiently protected credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 229446.