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CWE-524Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information
Category: data-exposure
Description
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.
Common consequences· 1
- Confidentiality — Read Application Data
Potential mitigations· 3
- [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.
Related CAPEC attack patterns· 1
References
Exploits (incoming)1
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| AttackPattern | Lifting Sensitive Data Embedded in Cachecapec-204 | 100% | live |
(incoming)1
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability | CVE-2025-64762cve-2025-64762 | 0% | live |
Related by meaning· 6
Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.