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Sensitive Information Exposure

Summary

Storing private data on blockchain.

Vulnerability Details

Storing private data on blockchain is fundamentally wrong due to transparent nature of the technology. However s_password variable is used to store sensitive data. Which everyone can access from outside.

Impact

Sensitive information can be stolen by malicious users.

Tools Used

Manual reading.

Recommendations

Do not store sensitive information on-chain.

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Assigned finding tags:

finding-anyone-can-read-storage

Private functions and state variables are only visible for the contract they are defined in and not in derived contracts. In this case private doesn't mean secret/confidential

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