CWE-921 9 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-921: Storage of Sensitive Data in a Mechanism without Access Control

Overview

CWE-921 (Storage of Sensitive Data in a Mechanism without Access Control) 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 stores sensitive information in a file system or device that does not have built-in access control.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined
technology Mobile 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-2025-30016 2025-04-08 SAP Financial Consolidation allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain unauthorized access to the Admin account. The vulnerability arises due to improper authentication mechanisms, due to which there …
CVE-2025-24843 2025-02-28 Insecure file retrieval process that facilitates potential for file manipulation to affect product stability and confidentiality, integrity, authenticity, and attestation of stored data.
CVE-2024-9334 2025-02-27 Use of Hard-coded Credentials, Storage of Sensitive Data in a Mechanism without Access Control vulnerability in E-Kent Pallium Vehicle Tracking allows Authentication Bypass. This issue affects Palliu…
CVE-2025-24870 2025-02-11 SAP GUI for Windows & RFC service credentials are incorrectly stored in the memory of the program allowing an unauthenticated attacker to access information within systems, resulting in privilege esca…
CVE-2024-5206 2024-06-06 A sensitive data leakage vulnerability was identified in scikit-learn's TfidfVectorizer, specifically in versions up to and including 1.4.1.post1, which was fixed in version 1.5.0. The vulnerability a…
CVE-2023-41818 2024-05-03 An improper use of the SD card for sensitive data vulnerability was reported in the Motorola Device Help application that could allow a local attacker to read system logs. 
CVE-2023-41965 2023-09-18 Sending some requests in the web application of the vulnerable device allows information to be obtained due to the lack of security in the authentication process.
CVE-2023-2665 2023-05-12 Storage of Sensitive Data in a Mechanism without Access Control in GitHub repository francoisjacquet/rosariosis prior to 11.0.
CVE-2021-27456 2022-03-23 Philips Gemini PET/CT family software stores sensitive information in a removable media device that does not have built-in access control.

Content submission

Name
CWE Content Team
Organization
MITRE
Date
2013-06-22
Version
2.5

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Modes_of_Introduction, References, Relationships
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated References, Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Weakness_Ordinalities
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