CWE-221: Information Loss or Omission
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The product does not record, or improperly records, security-relevant information that leads to an incorrect decision or hampers later analysis.
What the weakness is: CWE-221 at MITRE. OWASP Top 10: A09:2025 Logging & Alerting Failures
Related attack patterns (CAPEC): 1
- CAPEC-81 Web Server Logs Tampering Likelihood: Medium · Severity: High
The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to CWE-221, as MITRE names them. Credits.
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Information loss in BackgroundFetch in Google Chrome prior to 157.0.8103.38 allowed a remote attacker to bypass web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
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Information loss in CacheStorage in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.79 allowed a remote attacker to obtain cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
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Information loss in CustomTabs in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to potentially bypass web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- 8.8CVE-2026-113108EPSS 0.4%
Information loss in Script in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to bypass web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
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Information loss in PDF in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to bypass web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
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Information loss in CORS in Google Chrome prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a remote attacker to bypass web origin policy via crafted network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Low)
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Information loss or omission in Safebrowsing in Google Chrome on on Mac prior to 153.0.8010.36 allowed a remote attacker to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
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HCL IntelliOps Event Management (IEM) is affected by information omission. The lack of information breaks auditability and observability of a workflow. if an attacker were to gain access to the application, the insufficient logging could h…