CWE-532 1129 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Overview

CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File) 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 writes sensitive information to a log file.

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-2026-50205 2026-06-04 System log files output unencrypted SMTP server authentication passwords alongside sensitive employee corporate identification data.
CVE-2026-45679 2026-06-02 OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation provides eBPF instrumentation based on the OpenTelemetry standard. Prior to version 0.9.0, OBI exports raw Redis error text as the span status message. Because Redis…
CVE-2026-40619 2026-06-02 A high security vulnerability affecting Security Center main server installations has been identified. It could allow an attacker with local OS privileges to the main server to access the Server Admin…
CVE-2026-49200 2026-05-29 The acer_cgi.log file in the device firmware is accessible without authentication via the web interface. This file contains cleartext login credentials (for web and Telnet), leading to unauthorized sy…
CVE-2026-45040 2026-05-28 RustFS is a distributed object storage system built in Rust. Prior to 1.0.0-beta.2, RustFS suffers from sensitive information leakage in log outputs. When the server is run with RUST_LOG=debug sensiti…
CVE-2026-6720 2026-05-28 When calicoctl is invoked with --log-level=info or --log-level=debug, the client prints the full contents of its loaded connection-configuration struct to stderr in a single log line. The struct embed…
CVE-2026-41185 2026-05-28 When Calico is configured with the Azure IPAM plugin, the Calico CNI binary mutates the incoming CNI configuration to attach subnet information before delegating to the IPAM plugin. After mutating, th…
CVE-2026-41184 2026-05-28 In Calico, the install-cni init container logs the rendered CNI configuration to standard output. When the configuration template uses the __SERVICEACCOUNT_TOKEN__ placeholder (Canal/Flannel-Calico de…
CVE-2026-32996 2026-05-28 This vulnerability in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows allows for Local Privilege Escalation.
CVE-2026-5515 2026-05-27 IBM App Connect Enterprise 13.0.1.0 through 13.0.7.0 stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a local user.
CVE-2026-2607 2026-05-27 IBM MQ Operator SC2: v3.2.0 through 3.2.23CD:  v3.3.0, v3.4.0, v3.4.1, v3.5.0, v3.5.1 - v3.5.3, v3.6.0 - v3.6.4, v3.7.0 - v3.7.2, v3.8.0, v3.8.1, v3.9.0, v3.9.1LTS: v2.0.0 - 2.0.29 and IBM supplied MQ…
CVE-2025-13755 2026-05-26 IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.4 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a local u…
CVE-2026-25193 2026-05-25 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File (CWE-532) in some Command Centre Service installers could lead to Service Account credentials exposure.  Mitigating Factor: Only sites that install Com…
CVE-2026-8671 2026-05-22 Insertion of sensitive information into log file vulnerability in syslink software AG Avantra on Linux, Windows allows Resource Leak Exposure. This issue affects Avantra: before 25.3.0.
CVE-2026-44052 2026-05-21 Netatalk 2.1.0 through 4.4.2 inserts LDAP simple-bind passwords into log output in cleartext, which allows an attacker with access to the log files to obtain LDAP credentials.
CVE-2026-20239 2026-05-20 In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.2 and 10.0.5, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.3.2512.8, 10.2.2510.11, 10.1.2507.21, and 10.0.2503.13, a user with a role that has access to the `_i…
CVE-2026-44516 2026-05-14 Valtimo is an open-source business process automation platform. From 12.4.0 to 12.33.0 and 13.26.0, the LoggingRestClientCustomizer in the web module automatically intercepts all outgoing HTTP calls m…
CVE-2026-44479 2026-05-13 Vercel’s AI Cloud is a unified platform for building modern applications. From 50.16.0 to 52.0.0, hen the Vercel CLI runs in non-interactive mode (--non-interactive or auto-detected AI agent), comman…
CVE-2026-41219 2026-05-13 An improper sanitization vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP QKView utility that allows a low-privileged attacker to read sensitive information from a QKView file.  Note: Software versions which hav…
CVE-2026-8200 2026-05-13 When schema validation is enabled on a collection and an update or insert would violate the collection's schema, the local server log message generated may not have all user data redacted.  This iss…

Previous names

  • Information Leak Through Log Files (2011-03-29)
  • Information Exposure Through Log Files (2019-06-20)
  • Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files (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 Sean Eidemiller 1.0 added/updated demonstrative examples
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
2009-03-10 CWE Content Team 1.3 updated Relationships
2009-07-27 CWE Content Team 1.5 updated Common_Consequences, Description, Likelihood_of_Exploit, Potential_Mitigations
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 Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2014-02-18 CWE Content Team 2.6 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2015-12-07 CWE Content Team 2.9 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Modes_of_Introduction, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2018-03-27 CWE Content Team 3.1 updated Description, Potential_Mitigations, Relationships
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2019-06-20 CWE Content Team 3.3 updated Name, Relationships
2019-09-19 CWE Content Team 3.4 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Observed_Examples
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Name, Relationships, Type
2021-10-28 CWE Content Team 4.6 updated Relationships
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2023-10-26 CWE Content Team 4.13 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Observed_Examples
2024-11-19 CWE Content Team 4.16 updated Common_Consequences, Description, Diagram
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities

Contributions

Type Name Date Comment
Content 2009-07-15 Portions of Mitigations, Consequences and Description derived from content submitted by Fortify Software.
Content Abhi Balakrishnan 2024-10-14 Provided diagram to improve CWE usability
cvelogic Threat Intelligence