Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information

Opis

The code uses a cache that contains sensitive information, but the cache can be read by an actor outside of the intended control sphere.

Applications may use caches to improve efficiency when communicating with remote entities or performing intensive calculations. A cache maintains a pool of objects, threads, connections, pages, financial data, passwords, or other resources to minimize the time it takes to initialize and access these resources. If the cache is accessible to unauthorized actors, attackers can read the cache and obtain this sensitive information.

Skutki

• Confidentiality

  Read Application Data

Zapobieganie

• Architecture and Design

  Protect information stored in cache.

• Architecture and Design

  Do not store unnecessarily sensitive information in the cache.

• Architecture and Design

  Consider using encryption in the cache.

Przykłady podatności

• CVE-2024-30127 Product does not set the "no-cache" option in the HTTP Cache-Control header, allowing sensitive information to be cached

Słabość nadrzędna

• CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Słabości podrzędne

• CWE-525 Use of Web Browser Cache Containing Sensitive Information

Kiedy powstaje

• Implementation

Dotyczy

Not Language-Specific