CWE-1272 (Sensitive Information Uncleared Before Debug/Power State Transition) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.
The product performs a power or debug state transition, but it does not clear sensitive information that should no longer be accessible due to changes to information access restrictions.
| Kind | Name | Class | Prevalence | OS / CPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language | VHDL | — | Undetermined | — |
| language | Verilog | — | Undetermined | — |
| language | — | Hardware Description Language | Undetermined | — |
| operating_system | — | Not OS-Specific | Undetermined | — |
| architecture | — | Not Architecture-Specific | Undetermined | — |
| technology | — | Not Technology-Specific | Undetermined | — |
These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.
| CVE | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-41967 | 2023-12-18 | Sensitive information uncleared after debug/power state transition in the Controller 6000 could be abused by an attacker with knowledge of the Controller's default diagnostic password and physical ac… |
| CVE-2020-22656 | 2023-01-20 | In Ruckus R310 10.5.1.0.199, Ruckus R500 10.5.1.0.199, Ruckus R600 10.5.1.0.199, Ruckus T300 10.5.1.0.199, Ruckus T301n 10.5.1.0.199, Ruckus T301s 10.5.1.0.199, SmartCell Gateway 200 (SCG200) before 3… |
| Date | Name | Version | Importance | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-20 | CWE Content Team | 4.2 | — | updated Applicable_Platforms, Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples, Description, Name, Potential_Mitigations, Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships |
| 2021-03-15 | CWE Content Team | 4.4 | — | updated Functional_Areas |
| 2021-10-28 | CWE Content Team | 4.6 | — | updated Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples, Description, Detection_Factors, Observed_Examples, Potential_Mitigations, References, Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities |
| 2022-10-13 | CWE Content Team | 4.9 | — | updated Applicable_Platforms |
| 2023-04-27 | CWE Content Team | 4.11 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2023-06-29 | CWE Content Team | 4.12 | — | updated Mapping_Notes |
| 2025-04-03 | CWE Content Team | 4.17 | — | updated Demonstrative_Examples |
| 2025-09-09 | CWE Content Team | 4.18 | — | updated References, Relationships |