OWASP Top Ten 2021 Category A09:2021 - Security Logging and Monitoring Failures
A category in the Common Weakness Enumeration published by The MITRE Corporation.
Summary
Categories in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) group entries based on some common characteristic or attribute.
Weaknesses in this category are related to the A09 category "Security Logging and Monitoring Failures" in the OWASP Top Ten 2021.
Weaknesses
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes output that is written to logs.
Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information.
When a security-critical event occurs, the product either does not record the event or omits important details about the event when logging it.
The product does not record or display information that would be important for identifying the source or nature of an attack, or determining if an action is safe.
Concepts
CWE entries in this view (graph) are associated with the OWASP Top Ten, as released in 2021.
See Also
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