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OWASP API9:2023 Improper Inventory Management 📊🛠️🚨
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In OWASP, Improper Inventory Management refers to the security risk associated with incomplete or inaccurate information about APIs within an organization. This includes missing APIs, undocumented changes, and unmanaged older versions. This vulnerability grants attackers a blind spot, allowing them to exploit forgotten or outdated APIs to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data or even take full control of systems.
How to spot documentation blindspot in an API? 🕵️♂️
An API has a "documentation blindspot" if:
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