CWE-550 (Server-generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.
Certain conditions, such as network failure, will cause a server error message to be displayed.
| Kind | Name | Class | Prevalence | OS / CPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language | — | Not Language-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-2025-36419 | 2026-01-20 | IBM ApplinX 11.1 could disclose sensitive information about server architecture that could aid in further attacks against the system. |
| CVE-2025-62168 | 2025-10-17 | Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. In Squid versions prior to 7.2, a failure to redact HTTP authentication credentials in error handling allows information disclosure. The vulnerability allows a sc… |
| CVE-2023-5617 | 2024-02-28 | Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Data Integration & Analytics versions before 10.1.0.0 and 9.3.0.6, including 9.5.x and 8.3.x, display the version of Tomcat when a server error is encountered. |
| CVE-2023-40726 | 2023-09-12 | A vulnerability has been identified in QMS Automotive (All versions < V12.39). The affected application server responds with sensitive information about the server. This could allow an attacker to dir… |
| 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, Taxonomy_Mappings |
| 2008-10-14 | CWE Content Team | 1.0.1 | — | updated Description |
| 2011-03-29 | CWE Content Team | 1.12 | — | updated Name, Relationships |
| 2011-06-01 | CWE Content Team | 1.13 | — | updated Common_Consequences |
| 2012-05-11 | CWE Content Team | 2.2 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2012-10-30 | CWE Content Team | 2.3 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations |
| 2014-07-30 | CWE Content Team | 2.8 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2017-11-08 | CWE Content Team | 3.0 | — | updated Modes_of_Introduction, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings |
| 2020-02-24 | CWE Content Team | 4.0 | — | updated Name, Relationships |
| 2023-04-27 | CWE Content Team | 4.11 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2023-06-29 | CWE Content Team | 4.12 | — | updated Mapping_Notes |
| 2025-12-11 | CWE Content Team | 4.19 | — | updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities |