CWE-524 41 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-524: Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information

Overview

CWE-524 (Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information) 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 code uses a cache that contains sensitive information, but the cache can be read by an actor outside of the intended control sphere.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-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-2026-35193 2026-06-03 An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.15 and 6.0 before 6.0.6. `django.middleware.cache.UpdateCacheMiddleware` in Django does not add `Authorization` to the `Vary` response header for reque…
CVE-2026-48901 2026-05-26 The InputFilter::getInstance() method omitted a security sensitive parameter from the instance cache key.
CVE-2026-32244 2026-05-19 Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2026.1.4, 2026.3.1, 2026.4.1 and 2026.5.0-latest.1, outdated cached AI summaries can leak removed content to anonymous and unprivi…
CVE-2026-44457 2026-05-13 Hono is a Web application framework that provides support for any JavaScript runtime. Prior to 4.12.18, Cache Middleware does not skip caching for responses that declare per-user variance via Vary: Au…
CVE-2026-6907 2026-05-05 An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.5 and 5.2 before 5.2.14. `django.middleware.cache.UpdateCacheMiddleware` erroneously caches requests where the `Vary` header contained an asterisk (`'*'`). Th…
CVE-2026-22741 2026-04-29 Spring MVC and WebFlux applications are vulnerable to cache poisoning when resolving static resources. More precisely, an application can be vulnerable when all the following are true: * the app…
CVE-2025-14806 2026-03-17 IBM Planning Analytics Local 2.1.0 through 2.1.17 could allow an attacker to trick the caching mechanism into storing and serving sensitive, user-specific responses as publicly cacheable resources.
CVE-2026-27205 2026-02-21 Flask is a web server gateway interface (WSGI) web application framework. In versions 3.1.2 and below, when the session object is accessed, Flask should set the Vary: Cookie header., resulting in a Us…
CVE-2026-25540 2026-02-04 Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Prior to versions 4.3.19, 4.4.13, 4.5.6, Mastodon is vulnerable to web cache poisoning via `Rails.cache. When AUTHORIZED_FET…
CVE-2026-24472 2026-01-27 Hono is a Web application framework that provides support for any JavaScript runtime. Prior to version 4.11.7, Cache Middleware contains an information disclosure vulnerability caused by improper hand…
CVE-2025-69581 2026-01-16 An issue was discovered in Chamillo LMS 1.11.2. The Social Network /personal_data endpoint exposes full sensitive user information even after logout because proper cache-control is missing. Using the …
CVE-2025-69202 2025-12-29 Axios Cache Interceptor is a cache interceptor for axios. Prior to version 1.11.1, when a server calls an upstream service using different auth tokens, axios-cache-interceptor returns incorrect cached…
CVE-2025-43410 2025-12-12 The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.8.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2. An attacker with physical access may be able to view delet…
CVE-2025-64696 2025-12-09 Android App "Brother iPrint&Scan" versions 6.13.7 and earlier improperly uses an external cache directory. If exploited, application-specific files may be accessed from other malicious applications.
CVE-2025-65681 2025-11-26 An issue was discovered in Overhang.IO (tutor-open-edx) (overhangio/tutor) 20.0.2 allowing local unauthorized attackers to gain access to sensitive information due to the absence of proper cache-contr…
CVE-2025-64762 2025-11-21 The AuthKit library for Next.js provides convenient helpers for authentication and session management using WorkOS & AuthKit with Next.js. In authkit-nextjs version 2.11.0 and below, authenticated res…
CVE-2025-61598 2025-10-28 Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Version before 3.6.2 and 3.6.0.beta2, default Cache-Control response header with value no-store, no-cache was missing from error responses. This may ca…
CVE-2025-9901 2025-09-03 A flaw was found in libsoup’s caching mechanism, SoupCache, where the HTTP Vary header is ignored when evaluating cached responses. This header ensures that responses vary appropriately based on reque…
CVE-2025-57752 2025-08-29 Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. In versions before 14.2.31 and from 15.0.0 to before 15.4.5, Next.js Image Optimization API routes are affected by cache key conf…
CVE-2025-5141 2025-06-17 A binary in the BoKS Server Agent component of Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) on versions 7.2.0 (up to 7.2.0.17), 8.1.0 (up to 8.1.0.22), 8.1.1 (up to 8.1.1.7), 9.0.0 (up to 9.0.0.1) a…

Previous names

  • Information Leak Through Caching (2011-03-29)
  • Information Exposure Through Caching (2020-02-24)

Content submission

Name
Anonymous Tool Vendor (under NDA)
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-07-01 Eric Dalci 1.0 updated Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2011-03-29 CWE Content Team 1.12 updated Name
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Potential_Mitigations
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships
2017-01-19 CWE Content Team 2.10 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Taxonomy_Mappings
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Description, Name, Relationships, Type
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Applicable_Platforms, Weakness_Ordinalities
2026-04-30 CWE Content Team 4.20 updated Observed_Examples
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