Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-1272

    CWE-1272: Sensitive Information Uncleared Before Debug/Power State Transition

    The product performs a power or debug state transition, but it does not clear sensitive information that should no longer be accessible due to changes to information access restrictions.

    Published:31 May 2020
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:9 Sep 2025

    Related Weakness

    CWE-226: Sensitive Information in Resource Not Removed Before Reuse

    CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor