Weakness (CWE)
CWE-550: Server-generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
Certain conditions, such as network failure, will cause a server error message to be displayed.
How to prevent it (1 mitigation)
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Architecture and Design, System Configuration
Recommendations include designing and adding consistent error handling mechanisms which are capable of handling any user input to your web application, providing meaningful detail to end-users, and preventing error messages that might provide information useful to an attacker from being displayed.
Source: MITRE CWE-550
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Low 3.7
@grpc/grpc-js: The server transmits some error messages thrown by method handlers to the client in status messages
@grpc/grpc-js implements the core functionality of gRPC purely in JavaScript, without a C++ addon. Prior to 1.13.6 and 1.14.5, when an application method handler throws an uncaught error, the server includes its error message in the status message sent to the…
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Medium 5.3
Multiple vulnerabilities found in IBM ApplinX.
IBM ApplinX 11.1 could disclose sensitive information about server architecture that could aid in further attacks against the system.
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Critical 10.0
Squid vulnerable to information disclosure via authentication credential leakage in error handling
Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. In Squid versions prior to 7.2, a failure to redact HTTP authentication credentials in error handling allows information disclosure. The vulnerability allows a script to bypass browser security protections and learn the c…
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Medium 5.3
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Data Integration & Analytics - Server-generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Data Integration & Analytics versions before 10.1.0.0 and 9.3.0.6, including 9.5.x and 8.3.x, display the version of Tomcat when a server error is encountered.
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High 8.8
A vulnerability has been identified in QMS Automotive (All versions < V12.39). The affected application server responds…