# Empty Exception Handler

- ID: python-empty-except-block
- Severity: MEDIUM
- CWE: CWE-391 (CWE-391)
- Languages: Python
- Frameworks: django, flask, fastapi

## Description

Detects empty except blocks that silently swallow exceptions. This can hide
security-critical errors, authentication failures, or data validation issues.

## Remediation

Log exceptions or handle them explicitly instead of using empty except blocks.

```python
import logging

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

try:
    risky_operation()
except Exception as e:
    logger.error(f"Operation failed: {e}", exc_info=True)
    return {'error': 'Operation failed'}, 500
```

Learn more: https://shoulder.dev/learn/python/cwe-391/empty-except

## Documentation

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## Related Rules

- **Empty Error Handling** [LOW]: 
- **Unhandled Promise Rejection** [HIGH]: