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Externally-Generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

CWE-211 · Base · Incomplete

The product performs an operation that triggers an external diagnostic or error message that is not directly generated or controlled by the product, such as an error generated by the programming language interpreter that a software application uses. The error can contain sensitive system information.

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Parent of this (broader)
ChildOfCWE-209 · Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
Children (more specific)
ParentOfCWE-535 · Exposure of Information Through Shell Error Message
ParentOfCWE-536 · Servlet Runtime Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
ParentOfCWE-537 · Java Runtime Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
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