CWE-226 31 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-226: Sensitive Information in Resource Not Removed Before Reuse

Overview

CWE-226 (Sensitive Information in Resource Not Removed Before Reuse) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.

Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.

Description

The product releases a resource such as memory or a file so that it can be made available for reuse, but it does not clear or "zeroize" the information contained in the resource before the product performs a critical state transition or makes the resource available for reuse by other entities.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined
technology Not Technology-Specific Undetermined

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2026-48984 2026-06-18 pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. In versions 0.9.1 and below, the xfree() memory release helper in calls free() without first zeroing the buffer conte…
CVE-2026-32960 2026-04-20 SD-330AC and AMC Manager provided by silex technology, Inc. contain an issue with a sensitive information in resource not removed before reuse. An attacker may login to the device without knowing the…
CVE-2026-5795 2026-04-08 In Eclipse Jetty, the class JASPIAuthenticator initiates the authentication checks, which set two ThreadLocal variable. Upon returning from the initial checks, there are conditions that cause an ear…
CVE-2025-14858 2026-04-07 The Semtech LR11xx LoRa transceivers running early versions of firmware contains an information disclosure vulnerability in its firmware validation functionality. When a host issues a firmware validit…
CVE-2019-25657 2026-04-05 AnyBurn 4.3 x86 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string to the image conversion function. Attackers can …
CVE-2019-25645 2026-03-24 WinAVI iPod/3GP/MP4/PSP Converter 4.4.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing malformed AVI files. Attackers can create a specia…
CVE-2019-25617 2026-03-22 Ease Audio Converter 5.30 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the Audio Cutter function that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing malformed MP4 files. Attackers can …
CVE-2019-25571 2026-03-21 MediaMonkey 4.1.23 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by opening a specially crafted MP3 file containing an excessively long URL string. At…
CVE-2019-25563 2026-03-21 PCHelpWareV2 1.0.0.5 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying a malformed image file. Attackers can trigger the vulnerability throug…
CVE-2019-25560 2026-03-21 Lyric Video Creator 2.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by processing malformed MP3 files. Attackers can create a crafted MP3 file with an ove…
CVE-2019-25553 2026-03-21 CEWE PHOTO IMPORTER 6.4.3 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by importing a specially crafted image file. Attackers can create a malformed …
CVE-2025-13108 2026-02-17 IBM DB2 Merge Backup for Linux, UNIX and Windows 12.1.0.0 could allow an attacker to access sensitive information in memory due to the buffer not properly clearing resources.
CVE-2025-0647 2026-01-14 In certain Arm CPUs, a CPP RCTX instruction executed on one Processing Element (PE) may inhibit TLB invalidation when a TLBI is issued to the PE, either by the same PE or another PE in the shareabilit…
CVE-2025-33200 2025-11-25 NVIDIA DGX Spark GB10 contains a vulnerability in SROOT firmware, where an attacker could cause a resource to be reused. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to information disclosure…
CVE-2025-33198 2025-11-25 NVIDIA DGX Spark GB10 contains a vulnerability in SROOT firmware, where an attacker could cause a resource to be reused. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to information disclosure…
CVE-2025-33196 2025-11-25 NVIDIA DGX Spark GB10 contains a vulnerability in SROOT firmware, where an attacker could cause a resource to be reused. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to information disclosure…
CVE-2025-20622 2025-11-11 Sensitive information uncleared in resource before release for reuse for some Intel(R) NPU Drivers for Windows before version 32.0.100.4023 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an information di…
CVE-2025-11602 2025-10-31 Potential information leak in bolt protocol handshake in Neo4j Enterprise and Community editions allows attacker to obtain one byte of information from previous connections. The attacker has no contro…
CVE-2025-2522 2025-07-10 The Honeywell Experion PKS and OneWireless WDM contains Sensitive Information in Resource vulnerability in the component Control Data Access (CDA). An attacker could potentially exploit this vulner…
CVE-2025-48066 2025-05-22 wire-webapp is the web application for the open-source messaging service Wire. A bug fix caused a regression causing an issue with function to delete local data. Instructing the client to delete its l…

Previous names

  • Sensitive Information Uncleared Before Use (2008-04-11)
  • Sensitive Information Uncleared Before Release (2020-02-24)
  • Sensitive Information Uncleared in Resource Before Release for Reuse (2020-08-20)

Content submission

Name
PLOVER
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-07-01 Eric Dalci 1.0 updated Time_of_Introduction
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Relationships, Other_Notes, Relationship_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings, Weakness_Ordinalities
2008-10-14 CWE Content Team 1.0.1 updated Relationships
2008-11-24 CWE Content Team 1.1 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2009-03-10 CWE Content Team 1.3 updated Relationships
2009-05-27 CWE Content Team 1.4 updated Relationships
2009-10-29 CWE Content Team 1.6 updated Description, Other_Notes
2010-02-16 CWE Content Team 1.8 updated Applicable_Platforms, Maintenance_Notes, Relationship_Notes
2010-09-27 CWE Content Team 1.10 updated Relationships
2010-12-13 CWE Content Team 1.11 updated Description
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2011-09-13 CWE Content Team 2.1 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Causal_Nature, Functional_Areas, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Description, Name, Relationships, Time_of_Introduction, Weakness_Ordinalities
2020-08-20 CWE Content Team 4.2 updated Description, Name, Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships
2021-10-28 CWE Content Team 4.6 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Description, Detection_Factors, Maintenance_Notes, Potential_Mitigations, Relationships, Research_Gaps
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships, Time_of_Introduction
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2024-02-29 CWE Content Team 4.14 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Observed_Examples, References
2025-04-03 CWE Content Team 4.17 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2025-09-09 CWE Content Team 4.18 updated Relationships

Contributions

Type Name Date Comment
Content Rahul Kande, Chen Chen, Jeyavijayan Rajendran 2023-11-29 suggested demonstrative example
Content Mohamadreza Rostami, Shaza Zeitouni, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi 2023-11-29 suggested demonstrative example
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