Information Disclosure
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
How It Works
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security. This happens through multiple channels: verbose error messages that display stack traces revealing internal paths and frameworks, improperly secured debug endpoints left active in production, and misconfigured servers that expose directory listings or version control artifacts like .git folders. APIs often leak excessive data in responses—returning full user objects when only a name is needed, or revealing system internals through metadata fields.
Attackers exploit these exposures systematically. They probe for common sensitive files (.env, config.php, backup archives), trigger error conditions to extract framework details, and analyze response timing or content differences to enumerate valid usernames or resources. Even subtle variations—like "invalid password" versus "user not found"—enable account enumeration. Exposed configuration files frequently contain database credentials, API keys, or internal service URLs that unlock further attack vectors.
The attack flow typically starts with passive reconnaissance: examining HTTP headers, JavaScript bundles, and public endpoints for version information and architecture clues. Active probing follows—testing predictable paths, manipulating parameters to trigger exceptions, and comparing responses across similar requests to identify information leakage patterns.
Impact
- Credential compromise: Exposed configuration files, hardcoded secrets in source code, or API keys enable direct authentication bypass
- Attack surface mapping: Stack traces, framework versions, and internal paths help attackers craft targeted exploits for known vulnerabilities
- Data breach: Direct exposure of user data, payment information, or proprietary business logic through oversharing APIs or accessible backups
- Privilege escalation pathway: Internal URLs, service discovery information, and architecture details facilitate lateral movement and SSRF attacks
- Compliance violations: GDPR, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA penalties for exposing regulated data through preventable disclosures
Real-World Examples
A major Git repository exposure affected thousands of websites when .git folders remained accessible on production servers, allowing attackers to reconstruct entire source code histories including deleted commits containing credentials. Tools like GitDumper automated mass exploitation of this misconfiguration.
Cloud storage misconfigurations have repeatedly exposed sensitive data when companies left S3 buckets or Azure Blob containers publicly readable. One incident exposed 150 million voter records because verbose API error messages revealed the storage URL structure, and no authentication was required.
Framework debug modes left enabled in production have caused numerous breaches. Django's DEBUG=True setting exposed complete stack traces with database queries and environment variables, while Laravel's debug pages revealed encryption keys through the APP_KEY variable in environment dumps.
Mitigation
- Generic error pages: Return uniform error messages to users; log detailed exceptions server-side only
- Disable debug modes: Enforce production configurations that suppress stack traces, verbose logging, and debug endpoints through deployment automation
- Access control audits: Restrict or remove development artifacts (
.git, backup files,phpinfo()) and internal endpoints before deployment - Response minimization: API responses should return only necessary fields; implement allowlists rather than blocklists for data exposure
- Security headers: Deploy
X-Content-Type-Options, remove server version banners, and disable directory indexing - Timing consistency: Ensure authentication and validation responses take uniform time regardless of input validity
Recent CVEs (71027)
Untrusted search path vulnerability in TKY2JGD (TKY2JGD1379.EXE) ver. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in PatchJGD (Hyoko) (PatchJGDh101.EXE) ver. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in PatchJGD (PatchJGD101.EXE) ver. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Houkokusyo Sakusei Shien Tool ver3.0.2 (For the first installation) (The version which was available on the website from 2017 April 4 to 2017. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of SaAT Personal ver.1.0.10.272 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of SaAT Netizen ver.1.2.10.510 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Tera Term 4.94 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in RW-5100 tool to verify execution environment for Windows 7 version 1.1.0.0 and RW-5100 tool to verify execution environment for Windows 8.1 version 1.2.0.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in RW-5100 driver installer for Windows 7 version 1.0.0.9 and RW-5100 driver installer for Windows 8.1 version 1.0.1.0 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in RW-4040 tool to verify execution environment for Windows 7 version 1.2.0.0 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in RW-4040 driver installer for Windows 7 version 2.27 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Hands-on Vulnerability Learning Tool "AppGoat" for Web Application V3.0.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to obtain local files via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Hands-on Vulnerability Learning Tool "AppGoat" for Web Application V3.0.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to obtain local files via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Hands-on Vulnerability Learning Tool "AppGoat" for Web Application V3.0.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to obtain local files via unspecified vectors. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of electronic tendering and bid opening system available prior to May 25, 2017 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of Shogyo Touki Denshi Ninsho Software Ver 1.7 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in screensaver installers (jasdf_01.exe, jasdf_02.exe, jasdf_03.exe, jasdf_04.exe, jasdf_05.exe, scramble_setup.exe, clock_01_setup.exe, clock_02_setup.exe). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
GroupSession versions 4.6.4 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to bypass access restrictions to obtain sensitive information such as emails via unspecified vectors. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Use-after-free vulnerability in H2O allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or obtain server certificate private keys and possibly other information. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.
Cybozu Dezie 8.0.0 to 8.1.1 allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions to obtain an arbitrary DBM (Cybozu Dezie proprietary format) file via unspecified vectors. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The Cybozu kintone mobile for Android 1.0.6 and earlier does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.
I-O DATA DEVICE TS-WRLP firmware version 1.00.01 and earlier and TS-WRLA firmware version 1.00.01 and earlier allow remote attackers to obtain authentication credentials via unspecified vectors. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The mobiGate App for Android version 2.2.1.2 and earlier and mobiGate App for iOS version 2.2.4.1 and earlier do not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in The Public Certification Service for Individuals "The JPKI user's software (for Windows 7 and later)" Ver3.0.1 and earlier, The Public Certification Service for. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2 is affected by a vulnerability due to a missing secure attribute in encrypted session (SSL) cookie. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
IBM BigFix Compliance Analytics 1.9.79 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.
IBM WebSphere Application Server using malformed SOAP requests could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability could allow attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed.
IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.1, 7.5, and 7.6 could allow an authenticated user to view incorrect item sets that they should not have access to view. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability could allow attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed.
The SlideshowPluginSlideshowStylesheet::loadStylesheetByAJAX function in the Slideshow plugin 2.2.8 through 2.2.21 for Wordpress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary Wordpress option values. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability could allow attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed.
Acer Portal app before 3.9.4.2000 for Android does not properly validate SSL certificates, which allows remote attackers to perform a Man-in-the-middle attack via a crafted SSL certificate. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
389 Directory Server in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 through 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6 through 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 through 7, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
389 Directory Server in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 through 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6 through 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 through 7, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
389 Directory Server in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 through 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6 through 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 through 7, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
mod_ns in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 allows remote attackers to force the. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
server/bin/pulp-gen-ca-certificate in Pulp before 2.8.2 allows local users to read the generated private key. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
CloudForms Management Engine before 5.8 includes a default SSL/TLS certificate. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
pulp.spec in the installation process for Pulp 2.8.3 generates the RSA key pairs used to validate messages between the pulp server and pulp consumers in a directory that is world-readable before. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability could allow attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed.
The pulp-gen-nodes-certificate script in Pulp before 2.8.3 allows local users to leak the keys or write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
The Node certificate in Pulp before 2.8.3 contains the private key, and is stored in a world-readable file in the "/etc/pki/pulp/nodes/" directory, which allows local users to gain access to. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
The user module in ansible before 1.6.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
Unspecified tests in Lynis before 2.5.0 allow local users to write to arbitrary files or possibly gain privileges via a symlink attack on a temporary file. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The XML interface in Huawei OceanStor UDS devices with software before V100R002C01SPC102 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted XML document. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The DeviceManager in Huawei OceanStor UDS devices with software before V100R002C01SPC102 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted UDS patch with JavaScript. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Curam Universal Access in IBM Curam Social Program Management (SPM) 6.0 SP2 before EP26, 6.0.4 before 6.0.4.6, and 6.0.5 before 6.0.5.5 iFix5 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
VMware Workstation (12.x prior to 12.5.3) and Horizon View Client (4.x prior to 4.4.0) contain multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in TrueType Font (TTF) parser in the TPView.dll. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8). No vendor patch available.
VMware Workstation (12.x prior to 12.5.3) and Horizon View Client (4.x prior to 4.4.0) contain multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in JPEG2000 parser in the TPView.dll. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8). No vendor patch available.
The chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins in ansible before 1.9.2 allow local users to escape a restricted environment via a symlink attack. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
Race conditions in opa-fm before 10.4.0.0.196 and opa-ff before 10.4.0.0.197. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.
VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG, 6.0 U3 without patch ESXi600-201703401-SG, 6.0 U2 without patch ESXi600-201703403-SG, 6.0 U1 without patch ESXi600-201703402-SG, 5.5 without patch. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a security vulnerability that exists in the SVGA driver. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7). This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.
VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 6.1.x, 6.0.x, 5.8.x, and 5.5.x locally stores vCenter Server credentials using reversible encryption. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
IBM BigFix Compliance (TEMA SUAv1 SCA SCM) 1.9.70 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
IBM Cognos Analytics 10.1 and 10.2 could allow a local user to craft a URL which could confirm the existence of and expose postial contents of a file. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability could allow attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed.
IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.1, 7.5, and 7.6 could allow a remote attacker to hijack a user's session, caused by the failure to invalidate an existing session identifier. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
IBM Predictive Solutions Foundation (formerly PMQ) could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability could allow attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1) clients/agents store password information in the Windows Registry in a manner which can be compromised. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
IBM Domino 8.5 and 9.0 could allow an attacker to steal credentials using multiple sessions and large amounts of data using Domino TLS Key Exchange validation. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager 2.0.2 and 2.1.0 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager 2.0.2 and 2.1.0 stores sensitive information in URL parameters. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability could allow attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed.
IBM Security Access Manager for Web 9.0.0 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
The IPTables-Parse module before 1.6 for Perl allows local users to write to arbitrary files owned by the current user. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
AMD fglrx-driver before 15.9 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
AMD fglrx-driver before 15.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
OpenStack Ironic 4.2.0 through 4.2.1 does not "clean" the disk after use, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability could allow attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed.
An issue was discovered in Personify360 e-Business 7.5.2 through 7.6.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
In ytnef 1.9.2, the DecompressRTF function in lib/ytnef.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
In ytnef 1.9.2, the SwapDWord function in lib/ytnef.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
In ytnef 1.9.2, the SwapWord function in lib/ytnef.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
The yr_arena_write_data function in YARA 3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
game-music-emu before 0.6.1 mishandles unspecified integer values. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
The spice-gtk widget allows remote authenticated users to obtain information from the host clipboard. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
The stock Android browser address bar in all Android operating systems suffers from Address Bar Spoofing, which allows remote attackers to trick a victim by displaying a malicious page for legitimate. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
The default SSH configuration in Rapid7 Nexpose hardware appliances shipped before June 2017 does not specify desired algorithms for key exchange and other important functions. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
poppler through version 0.55.0 is vulnerable to an uncontrolled recursion in pdfunite resulting into potential denial-of-service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
The error page mechanism of the Java Servlet Specification requires that, when an error occurs and an error page is configured for the error that occurred, the original request and response are. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 10.8%.
In TrustZone in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use Race Condition vulnerability could potentially exist. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
In TrustZone in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a Double Free vulnerability could potentially exist. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
In TrustZone in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, an Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy vulnerability could potentially exist. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability could allow attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed.
In TrustZone in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, an Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability could potentially exist. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
In TrustZone in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, an Information Exposure vulnerability could potentially exist. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability could allow attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed.
In Boot in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a Use of Uninitialized Variable vulnerability could potentially exist. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
In the Embedded File System in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use Race Condition vulnerability could potentially exist. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required.
In 1x in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a Signed to Unsigned Conversion Error could potentially occur. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20p1 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded newlines) in the get_process_ttyname() function resulting in information disclosure and command. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 5.6.5 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in zinflate.cpp in the Inflator filter. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Debug information disclosure exists on Peplink Balance 305, 380, 580, 710, 1350, and 2500 devices with firmware before fw-b305hw2_380hw6_580hw2_710hw3_1350hw2_2500-7.0.1-build2093. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
Cleartext password storage exists on Peplink Balance 305, 380, 580, 710, 1350, and 2500 devices with firmware before fw-b305hw2_380hw6_580hw2_710hw3_1350hw2_2500-7.0.1-build2093. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 11.0%.
Elastic X-Pack Security versions prior to 5.4.1 and 5.3.3 did not always correctly apply Document Level Security to index aliases. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded spaces) in the get_process_ttyname() function resulting in information disclosure and command execution. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4). Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 19.9%.
In Apache Hadoop 2.8.0, 3.0.0-alpha1, and 3.0.0-alpha2, the LinuxContainerExecutor runs docker commands as root with insufficient input validation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.