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-PP6C-CMG4-3R6F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:15 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:15IBM Edge 4.2 could reveal sensitive version information about the server from error pages that could aid an attacker in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 191941.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-4941"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-09-23T17:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "IBM Edge 4.2 could reveal sensitive version information about the server from error pages that could aid an attacker in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 191941.",
"id": "GHSA-pp6c-cmg4-3r6f",
"modified": "2022-05-24T19:15:32Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:15:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4941"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/191941"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6491627"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-PP8W-Q3C5-5QCP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-08-01 21:30 – Updated: 2024-09-19 00:31Brocade Fabric OS before Brocade Fabric OS v9.1.1c, v9.2.0 contains a vulnerability when using various commands such as “chassisdistribute”, “reboot”, “rasman”, errmoduleshow, errfilterset, hassiscfgperrthreshold, supportshowcfgdisable and supportshowcfgenable commands that can cause the content of shell interpreted variables to be printed in the terminal.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-31429"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-200",
"CWE-209",
"CWE-77"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-08-01T21:15:10Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "\nBrocade Fabric OS before Brocade Fabric OS v9.1.1c, v9.2.0 contains a vulnerability when using various commands such as \u201cchassisdistribute\u201d, \u201creboot\u201d, \u201crasman\u201d, errmoduleshow, errfilterset, hassiscfgperrthreshold, supportshowcfgdisable and supportshowcfgenable commands that can cause the content of shell interpreted variables to be printed in the terminal.\n\n",
"id": "GHSA-pp8w-q3c5-5qcp",
"modified": "2024-09-19T00:31:32Z",
"published": "2023-08-01T21:30:43Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31429"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230908-0007"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/22408"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-PVJ5-524R-W5VJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:15 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:15IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2.0.0 through 6.1.0.3 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 197667.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-20485"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-09-23T17:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2.0.0 through 6.1.0.3 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 197667.",
"id": "GHSA-pvj5-524r-w5vj",
"modified": "2022-05-24T19:15:31Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:15:31Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20485"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197667"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6491645"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-PWWM-PWX2-2HW7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-02-18 00:00 – Updated: 2022-02-22 18:12Snipe-IT prior to version 5.3.11 is vulnerable to Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information.
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "snipe/snipe-it"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "5.3.11"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-0622"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2022-02-22T18:12:11Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2022-02-17T02:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Snipe-IT prior to version 5.3.11 is vulnerable to Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information.",
"id": "GHSA-pwwm-pwx2-2hw7",
"modified": "2022-02-22T18:12:11Z",
"published": "2022-02-18T00:00:37Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0622"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it/commit/178e44095141ab805c282f563fb088df1a10b2e2"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://huntr.dev/bounties/4ed99dab-5319-4b6b-919a-84a9acd0061a"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information in Snipe-IT"
}
GHSA-Q322-FFVH-65RM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-12 18:30 – Updated: 2023-01-23 18:30Alotcer - AR7088H-A firmware version 16.10.3 Information disclosure. Unspecified error message contains the default administrator user name.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-46371"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-01-12T16:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Alotcer - AR7088H-A firmware version 16.10.3 Information disclosure. Unspecified error message contains the default administrator user name.",
"id": "GHSA-q322-ffvh-65rm",
"modified": "2023-01-23T18:30:20Z",
"published": "2023-01-12T18:30:29Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46371"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.gov.il/en/Departments/faq/cve_advisories"
}
],
"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-Q394-H7F5-7F44
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:08 – Updated: 2025-07-09 15:02A memory disclosure vulnerability was identified in Elasticsearch 7.10.0 to 7.13.3 error reporting. A user with the ability to submit arbitrary queries to Elasticsearch could submit a malformed query that would result in an error message returned containing previously used portions of a data buffer. This buffer could contain sensitive information such as Elasticsearch documents or authentication details.
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"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 7.13.3"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Maven",
"name": "org.elasticsearch.client:elasticsearch-rest-client"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "7.10.0"
},
{
"fixed": "7.13.4"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-22145"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-200",
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2022-06-22T18:23:29Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2021-07-21T15:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A memory disclosure vulnerability was identified in Elasticsearch 7.10.0 to 7.13.3 error reporting. A user with the ability to submit arbitrary queries to Elasticsearch could submit a malformed query that would result in an error message returned containing previously used portions of a data buffer. This buffer could contain sensitive information such as Elasticsearch documents or authentication details.",
"id": "GHSA-q394-h7f5-7f44",
"modified": "2025-07-09T15:02:17Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:08:49Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22145"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-13-4-security-update/279177"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gist.github.com/lucasdrufva/f9c5d7c9e26ee087b736d727953afd34"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0006"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163648/ElasticSearch-7.13.3-Memory-Disclosure.html"
}
],
"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"
}
],
"summary": "Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information in Elasticsearch"
}
GHSA-Q3X8-6898-23G3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-17 17:58 – Updated: 2025-10-17 17:58Impact
In v5, error messages could provide enough information to tell whether a user exists or not. This is resolved by ensuring the error messages are sufficiently ambigious.
Patches
See "Patched versions".
Workarounds
None.
Resources
https://developers.ibexa.co/security-advisories/ibexa-sa-2025-004-xss-and-enumeration-vulnerabilities-in-back-office
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "ibexa/user"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "5.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "5.0.3"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2025-10-17T17:58:08Z",
"nvd_published_at": null,
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "### Impact\nIn v5, error messages could provide enough information to tell whether a user exists or not. This is resolved by ensuring the error messages are sufficiently ambigious.\n\n### Patches\nSee \"Patched versions\".\n\n### Workarounds\nNone.\n\n### Resources\nhttps://developers.ibexa.co/security-advisories/ibexa-sa-2025-004-xss-and-enumeration-vulnerabilities-in-back-office",
"id": "GHSA-q3x8-6898-23g3",
"modified": "2025-10-17T17:58:08Z",
"published": "2025-10-17T17:58:08Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ibexa/user/security/advisories/GHSA-q3x8-6898-23g3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://developers.ibexa.co/security-advisories/ibexa-sa-2025-004-xss-and-enumeration-vulnerabilities-in-back-office"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/ibexa/user"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "ibexa/user login enumerates user accounts"
}
GHSA-Q3XQ-8F4W-2G7C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:57 – Updated: 2022-05-24 16:57Server metadata could be exposed because one of the error messages reflected the whole response back to the client in JetBrains TeamCity versions before 2018.2.5 and UpSource versions before 2018.2 build 1293.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-12156"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-10-02T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Server metadata could be exposed because one of the error messages reflected the whole response back to the client in JetBrains TeamCity versions before 2018.2.5 and UpSource versions before 2018.2 build 1293.",
"id": "GHSA-q3xq-8f4w-2g7c",
"modified": "2022-05-24T16:57:34Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:57:34Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12156"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2019/09/26/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q2-2019"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-Q5MW-9GPP-3QC2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-07 18:30 – Updated: 2025-01-07 18:30IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 through 11.0.1 and IBM Controller 11.1.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-22363"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-01-07T16:15:28Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 through 11.0.1 and IBM Controller 11.1.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system.",
"id": "GHSA-q5mw-9gpp-3qc2",
"modified": "2025-01-07T18:30:49Z",
"published": "2025-01-07T18:30:49Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22363"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7179163"
}
],
"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-Q788-9R25-CM5M
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-11 09:30 – Updated: 2025-02-11 09:30The SolarWinds Platform is vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability through an error message. While the data does not provide anything sensitive, the information could assist an attacker in other malicious actions.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-52611"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-02-11T08:15:31Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "The SolarWinds Platform is vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability through an error message. While the data does not provide anything sensitive, the information could assist an attacker in other malicious actions.",
"id": "GHSA-q788-9r25-cm5m",
"modified": "2025-02-11T09:30:33Z",
"published": "2025-02-11T09:30:33Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52611"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/release_notes/solarwinds_platform_2025-1_release_notes.htm"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2024-52611"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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.