CWE-260 详情

CWE-260

Password in Configuration File
2006-07-19
00h00 +00:00
Incomplete
2026-10-28
00h00 +00:00
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名称: Password in Configuration File

The product stores a password in a configuration file that might be accessible to actors who do not know the password.

基本信息

引入方式

Architecture and Design : OMISSION: This weakness is caused by missing a security tactic during the architecture and design phase.
Implementation

适用平台

编程语言

类: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

常见后果

影响范围 影响 可能性
Access ControlGain Privileges or Assume Identity

注意: This can result in compromise of the system for which the password is used. An attacker could gain access to this file and learn the stored password or worse yet, change the password to one of their choosing.

观察示例

参考资料 描述

CVE-2022-38665

A continuous delivery pipeline management tool stores an unencypted password in a configuration file.

潜在缓解措施

Phases : Architecture and Design
Avoid storing passwords in easily accessible locations.
Phases : Architecture and Design
Consider storing cryptographic hashes of passwords as an alternative to storing in plaintext.

检测方法

Automated Static Analysis

Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.)
有效性 : High

漏洞映射说明

依据 : This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
备注 : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

参考资料

REF-6

Seven Pernicious Kingdoms: A Taxonomy of Software Security Errors
Katrina Tsipenyuk, Brian Chess, Gary McGraw.
https://cwe.mitre.org/documents/sources/SevenPerniciousKingdoms.pdf

REF-207

Building Secure Software: How to Avoid Security Problems the Right Way
John Viega, Gary McGraw.

提交记录

名称 组织 日期 发布日期 Version
7 Pernicious Kingdoms 2006-07-19 +00:00 2006-07-19 +00:00 Draft 3

修改记录

名称 组织 日期 备注
Sean Eidemiller Cigital 2008-07-01 +00:00 added/updated demonstrative examples
Eric Dalci Cigital 2008-07-01 +00:00 updated Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-09-08 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-10-14 +00:00 updated Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-01 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-05-11 +00:00 updated References, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-10-30 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-07-30 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-11-08 +00:00 updated Affected_Resources, Applicable_Platforms, Modes_of_Introduction, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-02-24 +00:00 updated References, Relationships, Type
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-08-20 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2021-03-15 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2021-10-28 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-01-31 +00:00 updated Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-10-26 +00:00 updated Observed_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-12-11 +00:00 updated Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team MITRE 2026-10-28 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences, Description, References