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Server-generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

CWE-550 · Variant · Incomplete

Certain conditions, such as network failure, will cause a server error message to be displayed.

Extended description

While error messages in and of themselves are not dangerous, per se, it is what an attacker can glean from them that might cause eventual problems.

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