Common Weakness Enumeration
CWE Definition / CWE-211
CWE-211: Externally-Generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
The product performs an operation that triggers an external diagnostic or error message that is not directly generated or controlled by the product, such as an error generated by the programming language interpreter that a software application uses. The error can contain sensitive system information.
Published:19 Jul 2006
Organization:MITRE
Modified:11 Dec 2025
Related Weakness
CWE-209: Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
