Description

Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data vulnerability in Kevin Pirnie KP Agent Ready allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. This issue affects KP Agent Ready: from n/a before 1.2.08.

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{
  "score": "5.3",
  "pubDate": "2026-09-03T17:17:30.963Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-09-03T17:17:30.963Z",
  "executiveSummary": "The KP Agent Ready application is susceptible to an Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data vulnerability, categorized under the broader umbrella of sensitive data exposure.\nThis security flaw enables unauthorized actors to retrieve embedded sensitive information from data transmitted by the application.\nThe vulnerability affects KP Agent Ready versions prior to 1.2.08.\nThe root cause involves the application inadvertently including sensitive credentials, configuration artifacts, or personally identifiable information within its outgoing data streams.\nSuccessful exploitation permits an attacker to perform information disclosure, potentially leading to unauthorized access, privilege escalation, or systemic compromise of the host environment.\nThe risk implication is critical, as sensitive data, once transmitted, can be intercepted via network monitoring or captured from logs if the data is sent in cleartext or insufficiently protected formats.\nNo specific authentication or specialized privilege level is typically required to intercept the data if the transmission is not appropriately secured via encryption or if the exposure occurs at the application layer before transport security measures are applied.\nOrganizations using versions earlier than 1.2.08 are at significant risk of intelligence gathering by adversarial entities monitoring the network traffic or application logs.",
  "technicalDetails": "The vulnerability, identified as an Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data, resides within the internal data handling mechanisms of the KP Agent Ready software.\nThe root cause is a failure of the application to properly sanitize, mask, or exclude sensitive information from data payloads before transmission. In many architectural implementations of this nature, this typically occurs when debugging logs, verbose error messages, or internal object states are serialized and sent over a network interface without secondary verification.\nThe attack flow initiates when the application processes a request or triggers an automated background task. During the construction of the data packet or response object, the software includes internal state variables, memory buffers, or hardcoded sensitive parameters that were intended for internal use only.\nAn attacker can exploit this by intercepting the network traffic through a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) position or by gaining access to log aggregation services where this sent data is archived. Since the application explicitly includes this sensitive data in its output, no complex injection or bypass is required by the attacker; they simply need to read the data payload once it has been transmitted.\nThe vulnerable component appears to be the data serialization or transport handler within KP Agent Ready. Because the application logic fails to distinguish between 'data to be transmitted' and 'internal metadata or secrets,' the resulting stream effectively serves as an exfiltration vector for sensitive information.\nPost-exploitation impact is severe, as the exposed data often contains credentials or configuration strings that allow the attacker to authenticate as a legitimate user or administrative entity. If the exposed data includes API tokens, session identifiers, or database credentials, the attacker can move laterally throughout the network, pivot to backend infrastructure, or exfiltrate additional data from other services integrated with KP Agent Ready.\nThis vulnerability is present in all iterations of KP Agent Ready prior to version 1.2.08. The lack of proper input/output filtering at the architectural level means that the exposure is likely persistent across standard operational states of the software, particularly during periods of high activity where telemetry or status updates are generated frequently.\nTo fully remediate this, the data structures being serialized for transmission must undergo rigorous code review and filtering to ensure that no fields containing sensitive, secret, or PII-related content are included in the outgoing data stream, regardless of the intended recipient."
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