CWE-209
AllowedGeneration of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft
The product generates an error message that includes sensitive information about its environment, users, or associated data.
833 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-P9QP-995J-9PXX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:05 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:05Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus MSP before 10519 is vulnerable to a User Enumeration bug due to improper error-message generation in the Forgot Password functionality, aka SDPMSP-15732.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-31159"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-06-16T13:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus MSP before 10519 is vulnerable to a User Enumeration bug due to improper error-message generation in the Forgot Password functionality, aka SDPMSP-15732.",
"id": "GHSA-p9qp-995j-9pxx",
"modified": "2022-05-24T19:05:31Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:05:31Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31159"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ricardojoserf/CVE-2021-31159"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.manageengine.com"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.manageengine.com/products/service-desk-msp/readme.html#10519"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163192/Zoho-ManageEngine-ServiceDesk-Plus-9.4-User-Enumeration.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-P9R6-PCRG-RP27
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-30 18:30 – Updated: 2024-06-30 18:30IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in a stack trace. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 290342.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-35119"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-06-30T17:15:03Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in a stack trace. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 290342.",
"id": "GHSA-p9r6-pcrg-rp27",
"modified": "2024-06-30T18:30:38Z",
"published": "2024-06-30T18:30:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35119"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/290342"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7159052"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-PCHJ-M6QQ-J4Q5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:02 – Updated: 2022-07-11 00:00An Information Disclosure vulnerability exists in dhcms 2017-09-18 when entering invalid characters after the normal interface, which causes an error that will leak the physical path.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-19275"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-20",
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-05-12T18:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An Information Disclosure vulnerability exists in dhcms 2017-09-18 when entering invalid characters after the normal interface, which causes an error that will leak the physical path.",
"id": "GHSA-pchj-m6qq-j4q5",
"modified": "2022-07-11T00:00:22Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:02:11Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-19275"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ShaoGongBra/dhcms/issues/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/209.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-PCPJ-5423-MQ86
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-08-31 15:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:20IBM Security Verify Information Queue 10.0.4 and 10.0.5 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information that could aid in further attacks against the system. IBM X-force ID: 256014.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-33834"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-08-31T14:15:08Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "IBM Security Verify Information Queue 10.0.4 and 10.0.5 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information that could aid in further attacks against the system. IBM X-force ID: 256014.",
"id": "GHSA-pcpj-5423-mq86",
"modified": "2024-04-04T07:20:27Z",
"published": "2023-08-31T15:30:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33834"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/256014"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7029584"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-PF5C-H4WR-QW37
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-29 12:31 – Updated: 2024-10-04 18:31The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Full Path Disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 3.15.1. This is due to the plugin utilizing Symfony and leaving display_errors on within test files. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the full path of the web application, which can be used to aid other attacks. The information displayed is not useful on its own, and requires another vulnerability to be present for damage to an affected website.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-6551"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-200",
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-08-29T11:15:28Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The GiveWP \u2013 Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Full Path Disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 3.15.1. This is due to the plugin utilizing Symfony and leaving display_errors on within test files. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the full path of the web application, which can be used to aid other attacks. The information displayed is not useful on its own, and requires another vulnerability to be present for damage to an affected website.",
"id": "GHSA-pf5c-h4wr-qw37",
"modified": "2024-10-04T18:31:09Z",
"published": "2024-08-29T12:31:05Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6551"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/tags/3.15.1/vendor/vendor-prefixed/symfony/http-foundation/Tests/Fixtures/response-functional/common.inc#L23"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2a13ce09-b312-4186-b0e2-63065c47f15d?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-PF8R-QGP9-4JG6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:46 – Updated: 2024-03-21 03:33** DISPUTED ** A full path disclosure vulnerability was discovered in Matomo v3.9.1 where a user can trigger a particular error to discover the full path of Matomo on the disk, because lastError.file is used in plugins/CorePluginsAdmin/templates/safemode.twig. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, stating "avoid reporting path disclosures, as we don't consider them as security vulnerabilities."
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-12215"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-05-20T16:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "** DISPUTED ** A full path disclosure vulnerability was discovered in Matomo v3.9.1 where a user can trigger a particular error to discover the full path of Matomo on the disk, because lastError.file is used in plugins/CorePluginsAdmin/templates/safemode.twig. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, stating \"avoid reporting path disclosures, as we don\u0027t consider them as security vulnerabilities.\"",
"id": "GHSA-pf8r-qgp9-4jg6",
"modified": "2024-03-21T03:33:37Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:46:07Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12215"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo/issues/14464"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-PG2Q-WFGH-R323
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-23 00:30 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:33.NET Framework Information Disclosure Vulnerability
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-29059"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-03-23T00:15:09Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": ".NET Framework Information Disclosure Vulnerability",
"id": "GHSA-pg2q-wfgh-r323",
"modified": "2025-10-22T00:33:00Z",
"published": "2024-03-23T00:30:29Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29059"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29059"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-29059"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-PG64-R7RR-PHV8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:53 – Updated: 2024-10-07 15:10An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 17.0.12, 18.x before 18.2.2, and 19.x before 19.0.2. If an API request from an authenticated user ends in a fault condition due to an external exception, details of the underlying environment may be leaked in the response, and could include sensitive configuration or other data.
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "nova"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "17.0.12"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "nova"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "18.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "18.2.2"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "nova"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "19.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "19.0.2"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-14433"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-200",
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-04-29T09:51:39Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2019-08-09T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 17.0.12, 18.x before 18.2.2, and 19.x before 19.0.2. If an API request from an authenticated user ends in a fault condition due to an external exception, details of the underlying environment may be leaked in the response, and could include sensitive configuration or other data.",
"id": "GHSA-pg64-r7rr-phv8",
"modified": "2024-10-07T15:10:37Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:53:02Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14433"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/298b337a16c0d10916b4431c436d19b3d6f5360e"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2622"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2631"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2652"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2019-191.yaml"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1837877"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00018.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2019-003.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4104-1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/06/6"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "OpenStack Nova Server Resource Faults Leak External Exception Details"
}
GHSA-PJ95-PH4Q-4QM4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-02 18:31 – Updated: 2025-03-20 18:51Jenkins
Jenkins provides the secretTextarea form field for multi-line secrets.
Jenkins 2.478 and earlier, LTS 2.462.2 and earlier does not redact multi-line secret values in error messages generated for form submissions involving the secretTextarea form field.
This can result in exposure of multi-line secrets through those error messages, e.g., in the system log.
Jenkins 2.479, LTS 2.462.3 redacts multi-line secret values in error messages generated for form submissions involving the secretTextarea form field.
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Maven",
"name": "org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.462.3"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Maven",
"name": "org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "2.466"
},
{
"fixed": "2.479"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-47803"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-10-02T21:50:29Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-10-02T16:15:10Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Jenkins \n\nJenkins provides the `secretTextarea` form field for multi-line secrets.\n\nJenkins 2.478 and earlier, LTS 2.462.2 and earlier does not redact multi-line secret values in error messages generated for form submissions involving the `secretTextarea` form field.\n\nThis can result in exposure of multi-line secrets through those error messages, e.g., in the system log.\n\nJenkins 2.479, LTS 2.462.3 redacts multi-line secret values in error messages generated for form submissions involving the `secretTextarea` form field.",
"id": "GHSA-pj95-ph4q-4qm4",
"modified": "2025-03-20T18:51:13Z",
"published": "2024-10-02T18:31:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47803"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2024-10-02/#SECURITY-3451"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Jenkins exposes multi-line secrets through error messages"
}
GHSA-PJV4-RFHC-CR73
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-04 12:30 – Updated: 2026-06-04 12:30HCL iControl was affected by Weak Input Validation vulnerability. This weakness is caused during implementation of an architectural security tactic. Received input that is expected to be of a certain type, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input is actually of the expected type.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-52606"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-04T12:16:23Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "HCL iControl was affected by Weak Input Validation vulnerability. This weakness is caused during implementation of an architectural security tactic. Received input that is expected to be of a certain type, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input is actually of the expected type.",
"id": "GHSA-pjv4-rfhc-cr73",
"modified": "2026-06-04T12:30:25Z",
"published": "2026-06-04T12:30:25Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52606"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article\u0026sysparm_article=KB0131178"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation MIT-39
- Ensure that error messages only contain minimal details that are useful to the intended audience and no one else. The messages need to strike the balance between being too cryptic (which can confuse users) or being too detailed (which may reveal more than intended). The messages should not reveal the methods that were used to determine the error. Attackers can use detailed information to refine or optimize their original attack, thereby increasing their chances of success.
- If errors must be captured in some detail, record them in log messages, but consider what could occur if the log messages can be viewed by attackers. Highly sensitive information such as passwords should never be saved to log files.
- Avoid inconsistent messaging that might accidentally tip off an attacker about internal state, such as whether a user account exists or not.
Mitigation
Handle exceptions internally and do not display errors containing potentially sensitive information to a user.
Mitigation MIT-33
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
Use naming conventions and strong types to make it easier to spot when sensitive data is being used. When creating structures, objects, or other complex entities, separate the sensitive and non-sensitive data as much as possible.
Mitigation MIT-40
Strategy: Compilation or Build Hardening
Debugging information should not make its way into a production release.
Mitigation MIT-40
Strategy: Environment Hardening
Debugging information should not make its way into a production release.
Mitigation
Where available, configure the environment to use less verbose error messages. For example, in PHP, disable the display_errors setting during configuration, or at runtime using the error_reporting() function.
Mitigation
Create default error pages or messages that do not leak any information.
CAPEC-215: Fuzzing for application mapping
An attacker sends random, malformed, or otherwise unexpected messages to a target application and observes the application's log or error messages returned. The attacker does not initially know how a target will respond to individual messages but by attempting a large number of message variants they may find a variant that trigger's desired behavior. In this attack, the purpose of the fuzzing is to observe the application's log and error messages, although fuzzing a target can also sometimes cause the target to enter an unstable state, causing a crash.
CAPEC-463: Padding Oracle Crypto Attack
An adversary is able to efficiently decrypt data without knowing the decryption key if a target system leaks data on whether or not a padding error happened while decrypting the ciphertext. A target system that leaks this type of information becomes the padding oracle and an adversary is able to make use of that oracle to efficiently decrypt data without knowing the decryption key by issuing on average 128*b calls to the padding oracle (where b is the number of bytes in the ciphertext block). In addition to performing decryption, an adversary is also able to produce valid ciphertexts (i.e., perform encryption) by using the padding oracle, all without knowing the encryption key.
CAPEC-54: Query System for Information
An adversary, aware of an application's location (and possibly authorized to use the application), probes an application's structure and evaluates its robustness by submitting requests and examining responses. Often, this is accomplished by sending variants of expected queries in the hope that these modified queries might return information beyond what the expected set of queries would provide.
CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection
Blind SQL Injection results from an insufficient mitigation for SQL Injection. Although suppressing database error messages are considered best practice, the suppression alone is not sufficient to prevent SQL Injection. Blind SQL Injection is a form of SQL Injection that overcomes the lack of error messages. Without the error messages that facilitate SQL Injection, the adversary constructs input strings that probe the target through simple Boolean SQL expressions. The adversary can determine if the syntax and structure of the injection was successful based on whether the query was executed or not. Applied iteratively, the adversary determines how and where the target is vulnerable to SQL Injection.