CWE-316
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory
Extended description
The sensitive memory might be saved to disk, stored in a core dump, or remain uncleared if the product crashes, or if the programmer does not properly clear the memory before freeing it. It could be argued that such problems are usually only exploitable by those with administrator privileges. However, swapping could cause the memory to be written to disk and leave it accessible to physical attack afterwards. Core dump files might have insecure permissions or be stored in archive files that are accessible to untrusted people. Or, uncleared sensitive memory might be inadvertently exposed to attackers due to another weakness.
Common consequences1
- ConfidentialityRead Memory
Relationships1
- ChildOfCWE-312
CVEs referencing this CWE42
| CVE | Description | Severity | EPSS | Flags | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2014-2366 | upAdminPg.asp in Advantech WebAccess before 7.2 allows remote authenticated users to discover credentials by reading HTML source code. | NONE | 1.31%p69 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2024-33901 | Issue in KeePassXC 2.7.7 allows an attacker (who has the privileges of the victim) to recover some passwords stored in the .kdbx database via a memory dump. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because memory-management constraints make this unavoidable in the current design and other realistic designs. | MEDIUM6.5 | 0.70%p52 | PoC | 2026-06-17 |
| CVE-2022-29832 | Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GX Works3 versions 1.015R and later, GX Works2 all versions and GX Developer versions 8.40S and later allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to disclose sensitive information. As a result, unauthenticated users could obtain information about the project file for MELSEC safety CPU modules or project file for MELSEC Q/FX/L series with security setting. | MEDIUM6.5 | 0.61%p48 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2019-3733 | RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition, all versions prior to 4.1.4, is vulnerable to three (3) different Improper Clearing of Heap Memory Before Release vulnerability, also known as 'Heap Inspection vulnerability'. A malicious remote user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to extract information leaving data at risk of exposure. | MEDIUM4.9 | 0.60%p47 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2023-3762 | A vulnerability was found in Intergard SGS 8.7.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to cleartext storage of sensitive information in memory. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-234447. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. | HIGH7.5 | 0.41%p35 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2021-31989 | A user with permission to log on to the machine hosting the AXIS Device Manager client could under certain conditions extract a memory dump from the built-in Windows Task Manager application. The memory dump may potentially contain credentials of connected Axis devices. | MEDIUM5.3 | 0.40%p34 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2025-52579 | Emerson ValveLink Products store sensitive information in cleartext in memory. The sensitive memory might be saved to disk, stored in a core dump, or remain uncleared if the product crashes, or if the programmer does not properly clear the memory before freeing it. | CRITICAL9.4 | 0.38%p32 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2024-33900 | KeePassXC 2.7.7 allows an attacker (who has the privileges of the victim) to recover cleartext credentials via a memory dump. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because memory-management constraints make this unavoidable in the current design and other realistic designs. | MEDIUM6.5 | 0.34%p28 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2024-36792 | An issue in the implementation of the WPS in Netgear WNR614 JNR1010V2/N300-V1.1.0.54_1.0.1 allows attackers to gain access to the router's pin. | HIGH8.2 | 0.29%p21 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2023-44153 | Sensitive information disclosure due to cleartext storage of sensitive information in memory. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 35979. | HIGH7.5 | 0.29%p22 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2026-77405 | RabbitMQ amqp091-go is a Go AMQP 0.9.1 client. Prior to 1.13.0, tlsConfigFromURI in uri.go creates tls.Config values without setting MinVersion to tls.VersionTLS12. Builds using a Go runtime whose default permits TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1 can therefore negotiate an obsolete protocol version when connecting through an amqps URI. A network attacker able to influence TLS negotiation with such a legacy build may weaken transport protection for AMQP messages and credentials. This issue is fixed in version 1.13.0. | NONE | 0.23%p14 | 2026-09-18 | |
| CVE-2025-60794 | Session tokens and passwords in couch-auth 0.21.2 are stored in JavaScript objects and remain in memory without explicit clearing in src/user.ts lines 700-707. This creates a window of opportunity for sensitive data extraction through memory dumps, debugging tools, or other memory access techniques, potentially leading to session hijacking. | MEDIUM6.5 | 0.21%p11 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2026-8636 | IBM Datacap 9.1.7, 9.1.8, and 9.1.9 and IBM Datacap Navigator 9.1.7, 9.1.8, and 9.1.9 allows an attacker to retrieve user passwords and cryptographic keys from memory. Attacker can use the same keys to decrypt password, gain access to the application and access sensitive data in the database. | HIGH7.5 | 0.20%p10 | 2026-06-26 | |
| CVE-2024-49800 | IBM ApplinX 11.1 stores sensitive information in cleartext in memory that could be obtained by an authenticated user. | MEDIUM6.5 | 0.20%p10 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2024-39732 | IBM Datacap Navigator 9.1.5, 9.1.6, 9.1.7, 9.1.8, and 9.1.9 temporarily stores data from different environments that could be obtained by a malicious user. IBM X-Force ID: 295791. | HIGH7.5 | 0.19%p9 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2024-24915 | Credentials are not cleared from memory after being used. A user with Administrator permissions can execute memory dump for SmartConsole process and fetch them. | HIGH7.2 | 0.18%p7 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2021-32942 | The vulnerability could expose cleartext credentials from AVEVA InTouch Runtime 2020 R2 and all prior versions (WindowViewer) if an authorized, privileged user creates a diagnostic memory dump of the process and saves it to a non-protected location. | MEDIUM5.5 | 0.18%p8 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2022-0835 | AVEVA System Platform 2020 stores sensitive information in cleartext, which may allow access to an attacker or a low-privileged user. | MEDIUM5.5 | 0.17%p7 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2021-23182 | Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory vulnerability in Gallagher Command Centre Server allows OSDP reader master keys to be discoverable in server memory dumps. This issue affects: Gallagher Command Centre 8.40 versions prior to 8.40.1888 (MR3); All versions of 8.30. | MEDIUM4.4 | 0.17%p6 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2024-35282 | A cleartext storage of sensitive information in memory vulnerability [CWE-316] affecting FortiClient VPN iOS 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions may allow an unauthenticated attacker that has physical access to a jailbroken device to obtain cleartext passwords via keychain dump. | MEDIUM4.6 | 0.16%p6 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2025-65832 | The mobile application insecurely handles information stored within memory. By performing a memory dump on the application after a user has logged out and terminated it, Wi-Fi credentials sent during the pairing process, JWTs used for authentication, and other sensitive details can be retrieved. As a result, an attacker with physical access to the device of a victim can retrieve this information and gain unauthorized access to their home Wi-Fi network and Meatmeet account. | MEDIUM4.6 | 0.14%p4 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2024-9203 | A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Enpass Password Manager up to 6.9.5 on Windows. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to cleartext storage of sensitive information in memory. An attack has to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Upgrading to version 6.10.1 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. | LOW2.5 | 0.14%p3 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2022-46141 | A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) (All versions < V19). An information disclosure vulnerability could allow a local attacker to gain access to the access level password of the SIMATIC S7-1200 and S7-1500 CPUs, when entered by a legitimate user in the hardware configuration of the affected application. | MEDIUM5.5 | 0.14%p4 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2026-77407 | RabbitMQ amqp091-go is a Go AMQP 0.9.1 client. Prior to 1.13.0, PlainAuth values defined in auth.go retain passwords as exported plaintext fields in Connection.Config.SASL after a successful PLAIN authentication handshake. The Connection.openComplete method in connection.go does not clear those values. Code with access to the Connection object, including reflective loggers, application performance monitoring agents, debugging utilities, and panic handlers, can traverse the configuration and expose the credentials to logs or state captures. The credential remains available for the lifetime of the connection instead of being cleared after authentication. This issue is fixed in version 1.13.0. | NONE | 0.13%p3 | 2026-09-17 | |
| CVE-2025-50109 | Emerson ValveLink Products store sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. | HIGH7.7 | 0.13%p3 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2025-48930 | The TeleMessage service through 2025-05-05 stores certain cleartext information in memory, even though memory content may be accessible to an adversary through various avenues. | MEDIUM5.3 | 0.13%p3 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2023-40724 | A vulnerability has been identified in QMS Automotive (All versions < V12.39). User credentials are found in memory as plaintext. An attacker could perform a memory dump, and get access to credentials, and use it for impersonation. | HIGH7.3 | 0.13%p3 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2022-33918 | Dell GeoDrive, Versions 2.1 - 2.2, contains an information disclosure vulnerability. An authenticated non-admin user could potentially exploit this vulnerability and gain access to sensitive information. | MEDIUM5.5 | 0.13%p3 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2026-53604 | nebula-mesh is a self-hosted control plane for Slack Nebula mesh VPN. Prior to version 0.3.8, the web handler renderMobileBundle passes the real *pki.CAResolver directly into mobilebundle.Build. Inside Build, resolver.LoadByID decrypts the CA's ed25519 private key into a *pki.CAManager, but Build never calls CAManager.Wipe() on any return path. As a result, when a mobile-bundle request goes through the web UI and Build returns — especially on error (missing network, invalid prefix, DB error, signing failure) — the plaintext CA private key remains on the Go heap, unwiped, until garbage collection. An attacker able to read process memory (core dump, swap, memory-scraping) can recover the CA signing key, which would allow minting arbitrary host certificates for the mesh. The API handler already does this correctly: it loads the CAManager, defer caMgr.Wipe(), and wraps it in caManagerResolver. Only the web path is affected. This issue has been patched in version 0.3.8. | NONE | 0.12%p2 | 2026-09-08 | |
| CVE-2025-61713 | A Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory vulnerability [CWE-316] in Fortinet FortiPAM 1.6.0, FortiPAM 1.5 all versions, FortiPAM 1.4 all versions, FortiPAM 1.3 all versions, FortiPAM 1.2 all versions, FortiPAM 1.1 all versions, FortiPAM 1.0 all versions may allow an authenticated attacker with read-write admin privileges to the CLI to obtain other administrators' credentials via diagnose commands. | MEDIUM4.4 | 0.11%p1 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2025-42888 | SAP GUI for Windows may allow a highly privileged user on the affected client PC to locally access sensitive information stored in process memory during runtime.This vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability. | MEDIUM5.5 | 0.11%p1 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2021-23211 | Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory vulnerability in Gallagher Command Centre Server allows Cloud end-to-end encryption key to be discoverable in server memory dumps. This issue affects: Gallagher Command Centre 8.40 versions prior to 8.40.1888 (MR3). | MEDIUM4.4 | 0.11%p1 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2026-0857 | Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory vulnerability in Mesalvo Meona Client Launcher Component, Mesalvo Meona Server Component. This issue affects Meona Client Launcher Component: through 19.06.2020 15:11:49; Meona Server Component: through 2025.04 5+323020. | MEDIUM6.0 | 0.10%p1 | 2026-07-24 | |
| CVE-2026-24319 | In SAP Business One, sensitive information is written to the application�s memory dump files without obfuscation. Gaining access to this information could potentially lead to unauthorized operations within the B1 environment, including modification of company data. This issue results in a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, with no impact on availability. | MEDIUM5.8 | 0.10%p1 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2025-60791 | Easywork Enterprise 2.1.3.354 is vulnerable to Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory. The application leaves valid device-bound license keys in process memory after a failed activation attempt. The keys can be obtained by attaching a debugger or analyzing the process/memory dump and then they can be used to activate the software on the same machine without purchasing. | MEDIUM6.2 | 0.10%p1 | PoC | 2026-06-17 |
| CVE-2025-9970 | Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory vulnerability in ABB MConfig.This issue affects MConfig: through 1.4.9.21. | HIGH7.4 | 0.10%p1 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2025-4618 | A sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Browser allows a locally authenticated non-admin user to retrieve sensitive data from Prisma Browser. Browser self-protection should be enabled to mitigate this issue. | NONE | 0.09%p0 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2023-23349 | Kaspersky has fixed a security issue in Kaspersky Password Manager (KPM) for Windows that allowed a local user to recover the auto-filled credentials from a memory dump when the KPM extension for Google Chrome is used. To exploit the issue, an attacker must trick a user into visiting a login form of a website with the saved credentials, and the KPM extension must autofill these credentials. The attacker must then launch a malware module to steal those specific credentials. | LOW2.2 | 0.09%p1 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2024-25649 | In Delinea PAM Secret Server 11.4, it is possible for an attacker (with Administrator access to the Secret Server machine) to read the following data from a memory dump: the decrypted master key, database credentials (when SQL Server Authentication is enabled), the encryption key of RabbitMQ queue messages, and session cookies. | MEDIUM6.7 | 0.08%p0 | 2026-06-17 | |
| CVE-2026-75137 | UpSignOn for Windows before 7.19.0 contains a sensitive data exposure vulnerability that allows local attackers to recover cleartext vault data from process memory even after the application has been locked. Attackers can use the PROCESS_VM_READ permission to read the memory space of UpSignOn.exe and extract sensitive fields including entry names, URLs, usernames, passwords, TOTP secrets, and notes. | MEDIUM6.1 | 0.07%p0 | 2026-09-08 | |
| CVE-2026-75135 | UpSignOn for Windows before 7.19.0 contains a sensitive data exposure vulnerability that allows local attackers to recover the master password and decrypt vault contents by reading a retained backup key from the process memory of UpSignOn.exe, even after the vault has been re-locked. Attackers can extract the backup key from process memory to decrypt the encrypted master password backup stored in v6-vault1.DATA.txt, then use the recovered master password to decrypt the main vault and export all password manager entries in cleartext. | MEDIUM6.1 | 0.07%p0 | 2026-09-08 | |
| CVE-2026-27875 | Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory vulnerability in Johnson Controls Simplex Incident Manager / Autocall Fire Administrator may allow an attcker to Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. This issue affects Simplex Incident Manager / Autocall Fire Administrator: before 2.01.05. | NONE | 0.07%p0 | 2026-09-03 |