CWE-1422: Exposure of Sensitive Information caused by… | Glexia
CWE-1422 (Exposure of Sensitive Information caused by Incorrect Data Forwarding during Transient Execution) weakness overview with consequences, detection methods,…
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CWE-1422: Exposure of Sensitive Information caused by Incorrect Data Forwarding during Transient Execution
Exposure of Sensitive Information caused by Incorrect Data Forwarding during Transient Execution represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.
Executive Impact
- Confidentiality: Read Memory
Developer Pattern
CWE-1422 is the kind of defect developers can usually prevent with explicit validation, safer framework defaults, and tests that exercise hostile input or unsafe state transitions.
Automation confidence
high confidence from CWE-1422, 4.20.
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Official CWE Definition
CWE-1422: Exposure of Sensitive Information caused by Incorrect Data Forwarding during Transient Execution
A processor event or prediction may allow incorrect or stale data to be forwarded to transient operations, potentially exposing data over a covert channel.
Developer And Remediation Guidance
How teams prevent and detect this weakness
Causes
- Missing validation
- Unsafe defaults
- Insufficient authorization or memory-safety invariant
Remediation
- Architecture and Design:
- Requirements:
- Build and Compilation:
- Documentation:
Detection
- Automated Static Analysis:
- Manual Analysis:
- Automated Analysis:
Mappings
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ATT&CK Relevance
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