Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Environmental Variables

Environmental variables may contain sensitive information about a remote server.

  • Source

    CWE Catalog - 4.7

  • Identifier

    CWE-526

  • Status

    Incomplete

Contents

See Also

OWASP Top Ten 2021 Category A05:2021 - Security Misconfiguration

Weaknesses in this category are related to the A05 category "Security Misconfiguration" in the OWASP Top Ten 2021.

SFP Secondary Cluster: Exposed Data

This category identifies Software Fault Patterns (SFPs) within the Exposed Data cluster (SFP23).

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