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
1,017 results · Feed
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High 7.5
AsyncHttpClient: Origin credentials sent in cleartext to a proxy that rejects the CONNECT
The AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. Prior to 3.0.12 on 3.x and 2.16.1 on 2.x, the client infers that an HTTP proxy tunnel exists from the last request method rat…
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High 8.7
AsyncHttpClient: Digest challenge without a usable nonce downgrades to Basic and sends the password in cleartext
The AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. Prior to 3.0.13 and 2.16.1, Realm.Builder treats a Digest challenge that yields no usable nonce as a Basic challenge. A malic…
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Critical 9.1
Cisco License On-Prem Security Hardening Release
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the engineering team for Cisco License On-Prem, formerly Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem (SSM On-Prem), has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review r…
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Medium 6.5
Obot 0.12.0 before 0.26.2 Credential Exposure via MCP Catalog Entry API
Obot 0.12.0 before 0.26.2 contains an insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability that allows authenticated users to read static secrets set on MCP catalog entries by admins or power users. Basic users granted an entry by access control rules can reque…
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High 7.7
Langflow OSS is affected by multiple vulnerabilities
IBM Langflow OSS 1.0.0 through 1.12.2 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information due to insufficiently protected credentials.
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High 7.5CVE-2026-104850 Public exploit
MCP TypeScript SDK: OAuth client could send credentials to an authorization server chosen by the MCP server
MCP TypeScript SDK is the official TypeScript SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients. Starting in version 1.12.0 and prior to versions 1.31.0 and 2.2.0, the SDK's OAuth client support let the MCP server a client connected to decide which authoriza…
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Critical 9.6
Twenty: Plaintext IMAP/SMTP/CalDAV password disclosure to any workspace member via /metadata GraphQL
Twenty is an open-source CRM (customer relationship management) platform. From 1.20.10 until 2.7.0, the /metadata GraphQL connectedAccounts query returned connectionParameters from ConnectedAccountDTO for every connected account in a workspace, including plai…
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Low 3.7
Docling: Configured HTTP headers sent to every remote image host named by a document
Docling simplifies document processing by parsing diverse formats and providing integrations with the generative AI ecosystem. From 2.95.0 until 2.132.0, the HTML image resource loader in docling/backend/utils/image_resource_loader.py forwards headers configu…
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High 8.4
In Eclipse Che versions 7.29.0 and later, the GET `/api/scm/resolve` and `POST /api/factory/resolver` endpoints pass an…
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Medium 6.5
Monta monta.app Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Charging station authentication identifiers are publicly accessible via web-based mapping platforms.
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High 8.2CVE-2026-104051 Public exploit
PictShare < 3.7.1 Sensitive Information Disclosure via info API
PictShare before 3.7.1 contains an information disclosure vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to obtain the secret delete_code and uploader metadata by calling the API::info() endpoint which returns the complete raw metadata object without a f…
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High 7.1
n8n before 2.39.6 and 2.40.x before 2.40.1 Credentials Leak via preAuthentication Hook
n8n versions before 2.39.6 and 2.40.0 before 2.40.1 contain a credentials leak vulnerability in the Wekan and Baserow username-and-password credentials that sends unencrypted passwords to unvalidated hosts. Attackers with credential update permissions can mod…
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Medium 5.3
Newsletter <= 9.3.9 - Unauthenticated Insufficiently Protected Credentials via '/tnp/l/' Click-Tracking REST Endpoint (Raw Subscriber Token Cookie Disclosure)
The Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials in all versions up to, and including, 9.3.9 The plugin's public click-tracking REST route `/tnp/l/` is registered with `permission_c…
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Low 2.7
In JetBrains YouTrack before 2026.2.18991 stored SMTP server credentials could be disclosed by changing the server host
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High 8.8
Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Anjvision YSSD-RTMP-H5
In Anjvision YSSD‑RTMP‑H5 firmware version 3.3.2.4, two user‑information endpoints can reveal sensitive device and account details under conditions that are not intended for normal operation.
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Medium 6.3
Apache Airflow Snowflake provider: Unvalidated account field redirects SQL API bearer token off-domain
Apache Airflow's Snowflake provider did not validate the connection's `account` and `region` fields before interpolating them into request URLs. The SQL API endpoint is built as `https://{account}.snowflakecomputing.com/api/v2/statements`, so an `account` val…
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Low 3.1
Nezha before 2.2.7 Information Disclosure via /api/v1/profile
Nezha before 2.2.7 contains an information disclosure vulnerability in the GET /api/v1/profile endpoint that returns the bcrypt-hashed password field of authenticated users. Attackers can extract password hashes and perform offline cracking attacks without ra…
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High 7.4
pnpm 11.0.0 before 11.11.0 Environment Variable Exfiltration via Proxy Settings
pnpm versions 11.0.0 before 11.11.0 and 10.7.0 before 10.34.5 expand ${VAR} environment-variable placeholders in the httpProxy, httpsProxy, and noProxy settings read from a project's pnpm-workspace.yaml. Because the manifest is repository-controlled and the p…
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Medium 5.5
OpenClaw before 2026.8.1 Credential Exposure via Endpoint Override
OpenClaw is an npm-distributed application. In versions >= 2026.4.25 and < 2026.8.1, the workspace environment-variable filter did not block variables ending in `_ENDPOINT`, so an untrusted workspace `.env` file could set AZURE_SPEECH_ENDPOINT. Azure Speech p…
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Medium 5.9
Cross-origin credential leak in HTTP stream wrapper redirects
When the http:// stream wrapper follows a redirect it forwards the user-supplied Authorization, Cookie and Proxy-Authorization headers unchanged, even when the redirect target is a different host, a different port, or a downgrade from HTTPS to HTTP. A server …
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Medium 6.9
Zammad: Sensitive Information Exposure in Integration Administration API
Zammad is a web based open source helpdesk/customer support system. In 7.0.3 and 7.1.1, an authenticated administrator can obtain stored integration credentials in cleartext through the integration administration API. Certain responses do not consistently mas…
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High 8.1
authentik: Stored credentials are readable with view permission alone
authentik is an open-source identity provider. Prior to 2026.2.7, 2026.5.7, and 2026.8.2, authentik API serializers return stored credentials when an account has view permission on an affected configuration, even when that account is not authorized to change …
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Medium 5.5CVE-2026-92680 Public exploit
Araxis Merge insufficiently protected credentials
Araxis Merge for Windows version 2011.4074 through 2026.0 stores user-configured credentials for remote servers in the Windows registry and does not apply sufficient cryptographic protection. An authenticated, non-administrative attacker could retrieve and un…
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High 7.7
DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data has several vulnerabilities
IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0 could allow an authenticated user to access sensitive information due to improper handling of encrypted credentials. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain credentials intended for other users or env…
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Medium 6.5
IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities
IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information due to insufficiently protected credentials.
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High 8.8
IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) is Impacted by Multiple Vulnerabilities
IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information and perform unauthorized actions due to insufficiently protected credentials.
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Low 2.3
Redact SNMP community, SNMPv3 pass phrases, and IPMI password in host config REST API GET responses
Insufficiently protected credentials in the host and folder configuration endpoints of the REST API in Checkmk <2.5.0p15, <2.4.0p38, <2.3.0p51 and 2.2.0 (EOL) allows an authenticated user who may view a host's configuration to read stored SNMP community strin…
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Low 2.5
Joplin: KaTeX `trust:true` enables URL-allowlist bypass leading to NTLMv2 credential theft via UNC path on Windows
Joplin is an open source note-taking and to-do application that organises notes and lists into notebooks. From 1.4.0 until 3.7.2, packages/renderer/MdToHtml/rules/katex.ts enables KaTeX's trust option for note content, allowing a note author to place a \href …
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High 8.1
HomeBox: Cross-Tenant IDOR in Notifier Update Leaks Shoutrrr Credentials and Allows Webhook Hijack
HomeBox is a home inventory and organization system. Prior to 0.26.0, NotifierRepository.Update in backend/internal/data/repo/repo_notifier.go updates a notifier through UpdateOneID(id) without requiring the record's user ID to match the authenticated user. A…
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Low 2.3
GoCD is vulnerable to credential exposure when admins insecurely configure material URLs
GoCD is a continuous deliver server. Prior to 26.1.0, GoCD can return unmasked credentials that administrators stored in the userinfo portion of source control material URLs through several read-only APIs available to regular authenticated users. Although GoC…
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Critical 9.4
Obsidian Web MCP: Unauthenticated vault access: /oauth/authorize auto-approves without authenticating the user
Obsidian Web MCP is a secure remote MCP server for Obsidian vaults. Prior to 0.2.0, /oauth/authorize issues an authorization code without a login, consent, or session check, and /oauth/token can exchange that code for the static VAULT_MCP_TOKEN without authen…
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High 7.6
Omni: Reader-level users can retrieve imported cluster CA keys via ResourceService
Omni manages Kubernetes on bare metal, virtual machines, or in a cloud. From 1.3.0 until 1.6.6 and 1.7.3, importing a standalone Talos cluster creates an ImportedClusterSecrets resource containing the cluster's complete CA secrets bundle. The access rules in …
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Critical 9.8CVE-2026-54617 Scanner template
GravitLauncher: Unauthenticated path traversal in LaunchServer FileServerHandler
GravitLauncher is an open-source Minecraft launcher based on sashok724's v3. Prior to 5.7.12, an unauthenticated remote actor can send a raw HTTP request target without a leading slash to the default LaunchServer file server on port 9274. FileServerHandler.ch…
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Medium 5.9
AsyncHttpClient: Origin credentials sent to the proxy on the plaintext CONNECT request
The AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. From 2.0.0 until 2.16.1 and 3.0.12, a request using an HTTP proxy to reach an HTTPS origin can expose preemptive origin crede…
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Medium 6.8
AsyncHttpClient: Client-wide realm credentials re-sent to a cross-origin redirect target
The AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. From 2.14.5 to 2.16.0 and from 3.0.9 to 3.0.11, a client configured with a client-wide Realm and redirect following can discl…
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High 7.5
AsyncHttpClient: SOCKS proxy credentials sent to the origin server over plaintext HTTP
The AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. From 2.1.0 until 2.16.1 and 3.0.12, requests using an authenticated SOCKS proxy can expose the proxy's credentials to the ori…
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Medium 6.5
pgAdmin 4: Connection-string injection via the database field in the Restore and Maintenance tools
pgAdmin 4's Restore and Maintenance tools passed the client-supplied 'database' field directly as the value of the --dbname option given to pg_restore and psql. libpq expands a database name containing an equals sign into a full connection string, and connect…
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Medium 5.3
All-in-One WP Migration and Backup <= 7.110 - Unauthenticated Insufficient Credential Protection via Authorization Basic Header
The All-in-One WP Migration and Backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insufficient Credential Protection in versions up to, and including, 7.110. This is due to the `Ai1wm_Main_Controller::init()` method — registered on the `admin_init` hook, which fir…
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Medium 6.5
SecObserve before 1.59.1 Information Disclosure via API Configuration
SecObserve versions before 1.59.1 contain an information disclosure vulnerability in the ApiConfigurationSerializer that fails to strip the basic_auth_password field from API configuration responses. View-only product members can retrieve the decrypted basic-…
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Critical 9.9
Cisco Identity Services Engine Hardening Release - Insuffiencently Protected Credential Vulnerabilities
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) engineering teams have conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review…