# Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522)

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

- Prevalence: Hoch Keine Shoulder-Regeln
- Impact: Mittel OWASP Top 10 #7
- Prevention: MITRE ansehen Externe Referenz

**OWASP:** Identification and Authentication Failures (A07:2021-Identification and Authentication Failures) - #7

## Description

When credentials are not properly protected during transmission or storage, attackers can capture them and use them to impersonate legitimate users.

## Prevention

## Consequences

- Privilegien erlangen
- Schutzmechanismus umgehen

## Mitigations

- TLS für jede Übertragung von Anmeldedaten verwenden
- Anmeldedaten mit starkem Einweg-Hashing und Salt speichern
- Sichere Mechanismen zur Speicherung von Anmeldedaten verwenden