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CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Base Incomplete

The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

How to prevent it (4 mitigations)
  1. Architecture and Design, Implementation

    Consider seriously the sensitivity of the information written into log files. Do not write secrets into the log files.

  2. Distribution

    Remove debug log files before deploying the application into production.

  3. Operation

    Protect log files against unauthorized read/write.

  4. Implementation

    Adjust configurations appropriately when software is transitioned from a debug state to production.

Source: MITRE CWE-532

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  • Low 2.4

    Information Disclosure in go.elastic.co/apm

    The Elastic APM agent for Go versions before 1.11.0 can leak sensitive HTTP header information when logging the details during an application panic. Normally, the APM agent will sanitize sensitive HTTP header details before sending the information to the APM …

  • Medium 4.3

    Cisco Unified Communications Products Information Disclosure Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the audit logging component of Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition, Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service, Cisco Unity Connection, Cisco Emergency Re…

  • Medium 4.4

    PAN-OS: Configuration secrets for log forwarding may be logged in system logs

    An information exposure through log file vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software where configuration secrets for the “http”, “email”, and “snmptrap” v3 log forwarding server profiles can be logged to the logrcvr.log system log. Logged infor…

  • Medium 6.4

    Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerabil…

  • Medium 4.7

    Secret leaks in logs for vSphere Provider kube-controller-manager

    In Kubernetes clusters using VSphere as a cloud provider, with a logging level set to 4 or above, VSphere cloud credentials will be leaked in the cloud controller manager's log. This affects < v1.19.3.

  • Medium 4.7

    Docker config secrets leaked when file is malformed and loglevel >= 4

    In Kubernetes clusters using a logging level of at least 4, processing a malformed docker config file will result in the contents of the docker config file being leaked, which can include pull secrets or other registry credentials. This affects < v1.19.3, < v…

  • Medium 4.7

    Incomplete fix for CVE-2019-11250 allows for token leak in logs when logLevel >= 9

    In Kubernetes, if the logging level is set to at least 9, authorization and bearer tokens will be written to log files. This can occur both in API server logs and client tool output like kubectl. This affects <= v1.19.3, <= v1.18.10, <= v1.17.13, < v1.20.0-al…

  • Medium 4.7

    Ceph RBD adminSecrets exposed in logs when loglevel >= 4

    In Kubernetes clusters using Ceph RBD as a storage provisioner, with logging level of at least 4, Ceph RBD admin secrets can be written to logs. This occurs in kube-controller-manager's logs during provisioning of Ceph RBD persistent claims. This affects < v1…

  • Medium 5.3

    Wildfly logs plaintext passwords

    A flaw was discovered in WildFly before 21.0.0.Final where, Resource adapter logs plain text JMS password at warning level on connection error, inserting sensitive information in the log file.

  • Medium 5.5

    Heketi logs sensitive information

    An information-disclosure flaw was found in the way Heketi before 10.1.0 logs sensitive information. This flaw allows an attacker with local access to the Heketi server to read potentially sensitive information such as gluster-block passwords.

  • Low 3.3

    PAN-OS: System proxy passwords may be logged in clear text while viewing system state

    An information exposure through log file vulnerability exists where the password for the configured system proxy server for a PAN-OS appliance may be displayed in cleartext when using the CLI in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8…

  • Medium 4.3

    GateManager Log Information Disclosure Vulnerability

    A log information disclosure vulnerability in B&R GateManager 4260 and 9250 versions <9.0.20262 and GateManager 8250 versions <9.2.620236042 allows authenticated users to view log information reserved for other users.

  • Medium 6.5

    GateManager Information Disclosure Vulnerability

    An information disclosure vulnerability in B&R GateManager 4260 and 9250 versions <9.0.20262 and GateManager 8250 versions <9.2.620236042 allows authenticated users to view information of devices belonging to foreign domains.

  • Critical 9.0

    Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) for SCCM and SCVMM versions prior to 7.2.1 contai…

  • High 7.5

    Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in Apache NiFi Stateless

    In Apache NiFi 1.10.0 to 1.11.4, the NiFi stateless execution engine produced log output which included sensitive property values. When a flow was triggered, the flow definition configuration JSON was printed, potentially containing sensitive values in plaint…

  • Medium 5.5

    Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File and Improper Output Neutralization for Logs in ansible

    A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine when using module_args. Tasks executed with check mode (--check-mode) do not properly neutralize sensitive data exposed in the event data. This flaw allows unauthorized users to read this data. The highest threat from th…

  • Medium 5.0

    Improper Output Neutralization and Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output for Logs in ansible

    An Improper Output Neutralization for Logs flaw was found in Ansible when using the uri module, where sensitive data is exposed to content and json output. This flaw allows an attacker to access the logs or outputs of performed tasks to read keys used in play…

  • Low 3.3

    PAN-OS: Passwords may be logged in clear text while storing operational command (op command) history

    An information exposure through log file vulnerability where an administrator's password or other sensitive information may be logged in cleartext while using the CLI in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software. The opcmdhistory.log file was introduced to track ope…

  • Low 3.3

    PAN-OS: Passwords may be logged in clear text when using after-change-detail custom syslog field for config logs

    An information exposure through log file vulnerability where sensitive fields are recorded in the configuration log without masking on Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software when the after-change-detail custom syslog field is enabled for configuration logs and th…

  • Medium 4.7

    Exposure of Sensitive Information in ENS for Windows

    Information Disclosure Vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2020 Update allows local users to gain access to sensitive information via incorrectly logging of sensitive information in debug logs.

  • Medium 5.3

    Philips DreamMapper Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

    Philips DreamMapper, Version 2.24 and prior. Information written to log files can give guidance to a potential attacker.

  • Medium 5.5

    Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance Information Disclosure Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information on an affected device. T…

  • Low 3.8

    Sensitive date stored in logcat file

    Eaton's Secure connect mobile app v1.7.3 & prior stores the user login credentials in logcat file when user create or register the account on the Mobile app. A malicious app or unauthorized user can harvest the information and later on can use the information…

  • Medium 4.4

    Sensitive information exposure through logs in npm cli

    Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.14.6 are vulnerable to an information exposure vulnerability through log files. The CLI supports URLs like "<protocol>://[<user>[:<password>]@]<hostname>[:<port>][:][/]<path>". The password value is not redacted and is print…

  • High 7.1

    Information Exposure in jaeger

    Sensitive information written to a log file vulnerability was found in jaegertracing/jaeger before version 1.18.1 when the Kafka data store is used. This flaw allows an attacker with access to the container's log file to discover the Kafka credentials.

  • Low 2.0

    Philips IntelliBridge Enterprise IBE Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

    Philips IntelliBridge Enterprise (IBE), Versions B.12 and prior, IntelliBridge Enterprise system integration with SureSigns (VS4), EarlyVue (VS30) and IntelliVue Guardian (IGS). Unencrypted user credentials received in the IntelliBridge Enterprise (IBE) are l…

  • High 7.5

    Information Disclosure in HashiCorp Vault

    HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise logged proxy environment variables that potentially included sensitive credentials. Fixed in 1.3.6 and 1.4.2.

  • Medium 6.1

    Potential unauthorized access to stored request & session data when plugin is misconfigured in October CMS Debugbar

    The October CMS debugbar plugin before version 3.1.0 contains a feature where it will log all requests (and all information pertaining to each request including session data) whenever it is enabled. This presents a problem if the plugin is ever enabled on a s…

  • Medium 4.3

    Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center Information Disclosure Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the audit logging component of Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA) Center could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to view sensitive information in clear text. The vulnerability is due to the storage of certain unencrypted credent…

  • High 7.5

    Information Exposure in Snyk Broker

    All versions of snyk-broker before 4.73.1 are vulnerable to Information Exposure. It logs private keys if logging level is set to DEBUG.

  • Low 2.3
    CVE-2020-11932 Public exploit

    Subiquity server installer logged LUKS full disk encryption password

    It was discovered that the Subiquity installer for Ubuntu Server logged the LUKS full disk encryption password if one was entered.

  • Medium 5.0

    Keycloak leaks sensitive information in logged exceptions

    A flaw was found in keycloak in versions before 9.0.0. A logged exception in the HttpMethod class may leak the password given as parameter. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

  • High 7.0

    A flaw was found in OpenShift Container Platform version 4.1 and later. Sensitive information was found to be logged by…

  • Medium 5.5

    Junos OS Evolved: ev.ops file may leak sensitive information

    A local, authenticated user with shell can view sensitive configuration information via the ev.ops configuration file. This issue affects all versions of Junos OS Evolved prior to 19.2R1.

  • Medium 5.5

    Junos OS Evolved: objmon logs may leak sensitive information

    A local, authenticated user with shell can obtain the hashed values of login passwords and shared secrets via raw objmon configuration files. This issue affects all versions of Junos OS Evolved prior to 19.1R1.

  • Medium 6.5

    Exposure of Sensitive Information in Gradle publish plugin

    All versions of com.gradle.plugin-publish before 0.11.0 are vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. When a plugin author publishes a Gradle plugin while running Gradle with the --info log level flag, the Gradle Logger logs an AWS pre-s…

  • High 7.7

    GitHub personal access token leaking into temporary EasyBuild (debug) logs

    In EasyBuild before version 4.1.2, the GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT) used by EasyBuild for the GitHub integration features (like `--new-pr`, `--fro,-pr`, etc.) is shown in plain text in EasyBuild debug log files. This issue is fixed in EasyBuild v4.1.2, …

  • Medium 5.0

    Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File, Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information, and Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Ansible

    A security flaw was found in Ansible Engine, all Ansible 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.17, all Ansible 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.11 and all Ansible 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.7, when managing kubernetes using the k8s module. Sensitive parameters such as pass…

  • Medium 6.7

    Dell EMC XtremIO XMS versions prior to 6.3.0 contain an information disclosure vulnerability where OS users’ passwords …

  • High 7.9

    An internal product security audit of Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) discovered Windows OS credentials, used to p…