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ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Practice Question

During a cloud security assessment, you learn that a development team stores a production database connection string-including the clear-text password-in a Kubernetes ConfigMap that is mounted as an environment variable inside application containers. During testing, a tester who compromises a low-privileged pod can read the variable and use the password to dump the entire database. According to the OWASP Top-10 (2021), which vulnerability category does this issue MOST closely correspond to?

  • A01:2021 - Broken Access Control

  • A06:2021 - Vulnerable and Outdated Components

  • A02:2021 - Cryptographic Failures (formerly Sensitive Data Exposure)

  • A05:2021 - Security Misconfiguration

ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
Cloud Application Security
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