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Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

CWE-312 · Base · Draft

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

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Weakness Relationships

Where this weakness sits in the CWE hierarchy. Walk up to broader classes or down to more specific variants.
Parent of this (broader)
ChildOfCWE-311 · Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
ChildOfCWE-922 · Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information
Children (more specific)
ParentOfCWE-313 · Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk
ParentOfCWE-314 · Cleartext Storage in the Registry
ParentOfCWE-315 · Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in a Cookie
ParentOfCWE-316 · Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory
ParentOfCWE-317 · Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in GUI
ParentOfCWE-318 · Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Executable
ParentOfCWE-526 · Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in an Environment Variable
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Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

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How adversaries exploit this weakness, per MITRE CAPEC.
CAPEC-37Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data
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CVEs With This Weakness

924
A sample of the 924 CVEs tagged with this weakness.
CVECVE-2026-8596
CVECVE-2026-8026
CVECVE-2026-7163
CVECVE-2026-6796
CVECVE-2026-6598
CVECVE-2026-6553
CVECVE-2026-6332
CVECVE-2026-5531
CVECVE-2026-45362
CVECVE-2026-43992
CVECVE-2026-43942
CVECVE-2026-4346
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Nuclei Scanner Templates

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Open-source Nuclei templates that detect this weakness class - an actionable scan-for-it pivot. Licensed under the ProjectDiscovery / Nuclei terms.
criticalGrafana & Zabbix Integration - Credentials Disclosure
highAcexy Wireless-N WiFi Repeater REV 1.0 - Repeater Password Disclosure
highElectrolink FM/DAB/TV Transmitter (controlloLogin.js) - Credentials Disclosure
mediumAkkadian Provisioning Manager - Information Disclosure
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