CWE · MITRE source

CWE-779Logging of Excessive Data

Abstraction: Base · CVEs in our corpus: 20

The product logs too much information, making log files hard to process and possibly hindering recovery efforts or forensic analysis after an attack.

While logging is a good practice in general, and very high levels of logging are appropriate for debugging stages of development, too much logging in a production environment might hinder a system administrator's ability to detect anomalous conditions. This can provide cover for an attacker while attempting to penetrate a system, clutter the audit trail for forensic analysis, or make it more difficult to debug problems in a production environment.

Last updated: 20 August 2026 13:14 UTC