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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Medium 6.5
Wazuh discloses cleartext cluster key to low-privilege API users via GET /cluster/local/config
Wazuh is an open-source security platform providing unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads. In versions 4.14.0 through 4.14.6, a low-privilege API user can read the cleartext cluster key from a configuration endpoint that fails to r…
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Medium 4.6
Ebyte NE2-D11 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Administrative credentials may be exposed in plaintext within the Ebyte device's management interface, increasing the risk of credential compromise through visual or remote observation. This undermines the confidentiality of device access.
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High 8.5
A vulnerability allowing a low-privileged user to capture the NTLM credentials of the Reporter service account.
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Critical —
Trojanized pantheon-agents 0.6.1 and 0.6.2 on PyPI ship a credential stealer (supply-chain account compromise)
## Summary The PyPI account that publishes `pantheon-agents` was compromised in the June 2026 "Hades" PyPI supply-chain attack (Mini Shai-Hulud / Miasma lineage). The attacker used a stolen, long-lived PyPI API token to upload **trojanized releases `pantheon-…
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High 8.1
Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Rently Smart Home
Rently Smart Home versions 20.1.0 and prior are vulnerable to an Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability. This could allow an attacker to retrieve pins including the Master Pin, overriding standard user permissions.
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Medium 5.6
NVIDIA NemoClaw contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause insufficiently protected credentials . A success…
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High 7.5
urllib: Cross-origin redirects preserve credential-bearing request headers, leading to potential credential leakage
urllib is an HTTP client for Node.js that supports authentication, redirects, timeouts, and other request features. Prior to 4.9.1 and 2.44.1, urllib follows redirects through followRedirect but reuses caller-supplied options across origins. In src/HttpClient…
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Low 3.1
rclone before 1.74.4 Security Token Disclosure via HTTPS to HTTP Redirect
rclone before 1.74.4 fails to strip the X-Amz-Security-Token header when an S3 redirect changes scheme from HTTPS to HTTP on the same host. Attackers can intercept plaintext HTTP traffic to capture AWS STS session tokens sent in request headers.
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Medium 5.3
rclone before v1.75.0 Credential Exposure via S3 Redirect
rclone before v1.75.0 fails to sanitize IBM IAM bearer tokens and SSE-C encryption keys during S3 redirect callbacks, allowing credentials to be preserved across scheme or host changes. Attackers observing network traffic from a trusted endpoint can capture r…
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Medium 5.3
rclone before v1.75.0 WebDAV Credential Exposure via HTTPS-to-HTTP Redirect
rclone versions before v1.75.0 fail to reject transport downgrades in redirect handling, allowing Basic authorization and Cookie headers to be replayed over plaintext HTTP after same-host HTTPS-to-HTTP redirects. An on-path attacker observing the plaintext ho…
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Medium 6.5
Grav before 2.0.16 Information Disclosure via offsetGet
Grav before 2.0.16 allows sandboxed Twig templates to access sensitive User fields through allow-listed offsetGet() and offsetexists() methods that lack field filtering. Attackers with page-edit permissions can call offsetGet() on User objects to extract hash…
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High 7.5
Grav before 2.0.16 Information Disclosure via Twig Sandbox
Grav before 2.0.16 contains an incomplete default denylist in the Twig sandbox configuration that fails to block access to system configuration secrets. Attackers with page-edit permission can use config.get() or config.toArray() in Twig templates to retrieve…
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Critical 9.4
RansomLook API Key Disclosure Through /admin/apikeys HTML Source
RansomLook exposed complete API keys in the HTML source of the authenticated /admin/apikeys administration page. Although the interface displayed only a shortened representation of each key, the full token was embedded in hidden form fields used by the enable…
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Medium 6.5
Dolibarr < 24.0.0 Members REST API Sensitive Data Exposure via Member Endpoints
Dolibarr before 24.0.0 contains a sensitive data exposure vulnerability in the Members REST API that allows authenticated attackers with member-read rights to retrieve bcrypt password verifiers by querying member endpoints. Attackers can call the individual m…
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High 7.5
Checkmate: Sensitive Bearer Token Exposure via Public Status Pages When showURL Setting is Enabled
Checkmate is an open-source, self-hosted tool designed to track and monitor server hardware, uptime, response times, and incidents in real-time with beautiful visualizations. From 3.3.0 until 3.9.2, enabling the global showURL setting causes the unauthenticat…
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Medium 5.9
Infracost: Terraform Cloud and registry token disclosure via unvalidated hostname
Infracost provides cloud cost intelligence for engineers, AI coding agents, and CI/CD. Prior to 0.10.45, internal/hcl/remote_variables_loader.go and related Terraform Cloud, remote-plan, and Terragrunt registry request paths can attach a configured Terraform …
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High 8.5
CloudNativePG: Cleartext role passwords recorded in pg_stat_statements allow privileged tenant roles to recover the PostgreSQL superuser credential and achieve RCE in the database pod
CloudNativePG is a platform designed to manage PostgreSQL databases within Kubernetes environments. Prior to 1.28.4 and 1.29.2, CloudNativePG embedded cleartext role passwords in `ALTER ROLE` and `CREATE ROLE` statements generated by SetUserPassword in pkg/ma…
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Medium 6.9
Kerberos Hub private key (X-Kerberos-Hub-PrivateKey) leaked to cross-host redirect target due to redirect-following HTTP client without CheckRedirect
Kerberos Agent is an open source video (surveillance) management agent. Prior to version 3.6.26, the Kerberos Hub upload path sends the agent's Hub credentials in the custom `X-Kerberos-Hub-PrivateKey` and `X-Kerberos-Hub-PublicKey` request headers to the ope…
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Medium 6.5
libgit2: HTTP transport can leak credentials to an offsite redirect target
libgit2 is a portable C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a linkable library with a solid API, allowing to build Git functionality into your application. Prior to 1.8.6 and 1.9.5, the built-in HTTP transport in src/libgit2/transports/http.c f…
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Critical 9.9
Cisco Crosswork Security Hardening Release: August 2026
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Crosswork engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internal…
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Medium 6.9
HDD Password leakage vulnerability
On ARM platforms, a vulnerability in the architecture design of HDD Password could allow an attacker to retrieve HDD Password from UEFI variables.
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Medium 5.6
Blueprint Studio terminal SSH private key written to disk
Blueprint Studio is a VS Code-like file editor for Home Assistant configuration files. Prior to 2.5.2, Blueprint Studio terminal SSH key authentication in custom_components/blueprint_studio/backend/terminal_manager.py wrote SSH private-key material to a file …
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Medium 6.9
Blueprint Studio stored Git credentials in plaintext Git credential store
Blueprint Studio is a VS Code-like file editor for Home Assistant configuration files. Prior to 2.5.2, Blueprint Studio configured Git's credential.helper store when saving Git credentials, causing Git credential-store to persist usernames and access tokens i…
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Medium 6.0
`HTTPPasswordMgr` can send saved HTTPS credentials via HTTP because of incorrect scheme matching
The HTTPPasswordMgr class in the urllib.request module, along with its subclasses HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm and HTTPPasswordMgrWithPriorAuth, did not take the URL scheme into account when matching stored credentials against a requested URL. Credentials …
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Low 2.7
File Browser: Share API exposes the password hash and bypass token
File Browser is a file managing interface for uploading, deleting, previewing, renaming, and editing files within a specified directory. Prior to 2.63.17, the Link storage struct is serialized directly by sharePostHandler, shareListHandler, and shareGetsHandl…
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Low 2.1
Email media OAuth secret leak to Super Admin
The email media OAuth field 'Client secret' cannot be read after saving, but a Super Admin can leak it by setting a malicious 'Token endpoint'. Changes were made to reset the client secret upon changing the token endpoint.
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High 8.5
Stirling-PDF: Internal Service Account API Key Disclosure via Pipeline Endpoint
Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.9.0, the /api/v1/pipeline/handleData endpoint in app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineProcessor.java injects…
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Critical 9.0
Sensitive Data Exposure in Innotim Software's Logsign SIEM
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Innotim Software Telecommunications and Consulting Trade Ltd. Co. Logsign SIEM allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. This issue affects Logsign SIEM: from 6.4.97 before 6.4.114.
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High 7.7
Budibase before 3.40.0 Credential Exposure via STRING Fields
Budibase before 3.40.0 fails to redact datasource credentials stored in STRING typed fields, allowing authenticated users to read MongoDB connection strings and Firebase private keys in plaintext. Attackers with table read permissions can retrieve datasource …
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Low 0.5
Prisma Browser: Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability
An information disclosure vulnerability in the Account Protection feature of Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Browser enables a local attacker to view sensitive data.
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Low 0.5
Prisma Browser: Inappropriate Implementation in Account Protection
A security bypass vulnerability in the Account Protection feature of Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Browser enables a user to bypass intended security controls.
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High 7.5
SiYuan before v3.7.4 Information Disclosure via Encryption Key Material
SiYuan versions before v3.7.4 disclose encrypted-notebook key-derivation material and wrapped data keys through unauthenticated endpoints in publish mode. Attackers can retrieve Argon2id salt, cost parameters, password verifiers, and wrapped notebook keys to …
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High 8.6
siyuan before v3.7.4 Session Cookie Key Disclosure via getConf
siyuan versions before v3.7.4 expose the session cookie signing key through the /api/system/getConf endpoint to unauthenticated users in publish mode. Attackers can retrieve the CookieKey value and forge valid session cookies to impersonate users or gain admi…
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High 8.6
SiYuan before v3.7.4 Information Disclosure via /api/system/getConf
SiYuan versions before v3.7.4 fail to mask sensitive configuration fields in the /api/system/getConf endpoint, allowing anonymous or publish-reader users to obtain the session-cookie signing key, OS username via pandoc path, and encrypted-notebook key materia…
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Medium 6.8
regclient may leak authentication credentials to external blob stores
regclient is a Docker and OCI Registry Client in Go. Prior to version 0.11.5, credentials for a registry may be inadvertently leaked to external servers. A prerequisite for this attack is a malicious registry server, a malicious blob store, or a registry that…
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Medium 6.5
Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability
Insufficiently protected credentials in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
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Medium 4.3
Microsoft Outlook Spoofing Vulnerability
Insufficiently protected credentials in Microsoft Office Outlook allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
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Medium 6.3
Multicluster-global-hub: multicluster-global-hub: spec-topic read acl leaks bootstrap kubeconfigs to all managed hubs during migration
A flaw was found in multicluster-global-hub. During a ManagedClusterMigration, the system incorrectly grants all managed hubs read access to a shared communication topic. This allows a compromised managed hub to intercept and collect sensitive bootstrap kubec…
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High 8.2
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Zyxel's WAH7601
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Zyxel Networks WAH7601 allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. This issue affects WAH7601: through 20072026.
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High 8.7
Pathling $bulk-submit allows bearer-token exfiltration and persistent warehouse poisoning via unvalidated manifest output URLs
Pathling is a set of tools that make it easier to use FHIR and clinical terminology within health data analytics. Prior to version 2.0.0 of Pathling Server, Pathling's typed CRUD/search/batch FHIR surface allows an authenticated caller with only coarse operat…