Weaknesses without Software Fault Patterns

The software, when processing trusted data, accepts any untrusted data that is also included with the trusted data, treating the untrusted data as if it were trusted.

A product's hardware-based access control check occurs after the asset has been accessed.

The software reads or writes to a buffer using an index or pointer that references a memory location after the end of the buffer.

The software reads or writes to a buffer using an index or pointer that references a memory location prior to the beginning of the buffer.

The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompa...

The program accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized.

The accidental addition of a data-structure sentinel can cause serious programming logic problems.

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be...

The code contains a control flow path that does not reflect the algorithm that the path is intended to implement, leading to incorrect behavior any time this path is n...

The product provides an application for administrators to manage parts of the underlying operating system, but the application does not accurately identify all of the ...

The software's architecture contains too many - or too few - horizontal layers.

Debugging messages help attackers learn about the system and plan a form of attack.

The ASP.NET application does not use, or incorrectly uses, the model validation framework.

An ASP .NET application must enable custom error pages in order to prevent attackers from mining information from the framework's built-in responses.

Storing a plaintext password in a configuration file allows anyone who can read the file access to the password-protected resource making them an easy target for attac...

Configuring an ASP.NET application to run with impersonated credentials may give the application unnecessary privileges.

Immutable data, such as a first-stage bootloader, device identifiers, and "write-once" configuration settings are stored in writable memory that can be re-programmed o...

Software that does not appropriately monitor or control resource consumption can lead to adverse system performance.

The software performs authentication based on the name of a resource being accessed, or the name of the actor performing the access, but it does not properly check all...

The authentication scheme or implementation uses key data elements that are assumed to be immutable, but can be controlled or modified by the attacker.

A capture-replay flaw exists when the design of the software makes it possible for a malicious user to sniff network traffic and bypass authentication by replaying it ...

The authentication algorithm is sound, but the implemented mechanism can be bypassed as the result of a separate weakness that is primary to the authentication error.

This attack-focused weakness is caused by improperly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.

A product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication.

The software modifies the SSL context after connection creation has begun.

The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

The product uses an automated mechanism such as machine learning to recognize complex data inputs (e.g. image or audio) as a particular concept or category, but it doe...

A's behavior or functionality changes with a new version of A, or a new environment, which is not known (or manageable) by B.

The product assigns the address 0.0.0.0 for a database server, a cloud service/instance, or any computing resource that communicates remotely.

The software uses the size of a source buffer when reading from or writing to a destination buffer, which may cause it to access memory that is outside of the bounds o...

The software uses a sequential operation to read or write a buffer, but it uses an incorrect length value that causes it to access memory that is outside of the bounds...

The code contains a function or method whose signature and/or associated inline documentation does not sufficiently describe the callable's inputs, outputs, ...

The product does not adequately verify the identity of actors at both ends of a communication channel, or does not adequately ensure the integrity of the channel, in a...

The code contains a class instance that calls the method or function to delete or destroy itself.

A class contains an unnecessarily large number of children.

A class has an inheritance level that is too high, i.e., it has a large number of parent classes.

A class contains a virtual method, but the method does not have an associated virtual destructor.

The application stores sensitive information in cleartext in an executable.

The software is composed of a server that relies on the client to implement a mechanism that is intended to protect the server.

The software filters data in a way that causes it to be reduced or "collapsed" into an unsafe value that violates an expected security property.

A possible shell file exists in /cgi-bin/ or other accessible directories. This is extremely dangerous and can be used by an attacker to execute commands on the web se...

A device's real time power consumption may be monitored during security token evaluation and the information gleaned may be used to determine the value of the referenc...

The software performs a comparison between two entities, but the entities are of different, incompatible types that cannot be guaranteed to provide correct results whe...

The program compares object references instead of the contents of the objects themselves, preventing it from detecting equivalent objects.

The code performs a comparison between two entities, but the comparison examines the wrong factors or characteristics of the entities, which can lead to incorrect resu...

The code is compiled without sufficient warnings enabled, which may prevent the detection of subtle bugs or quality issues.

The developer builds a security-critical protection mechanism into the software, but the compiler optimizes the program such that the mechanism is removed or modified.

The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a ...

A product performs a series of non-atomic actions to switch between contexts that cross privilege or other security boundaries, but a race condition allows an attacker...

A covert channel is a path that can be used to transfer information in a way not intended by the system's designers.

A covert storage channel transfers information through the setting of bits by one program and the reading of those bits by another. What distinguishes this case from t...

Covert timing channels convey information by modulating some aspect of system behavior over time, so that the program receiving the information can observe system beha...

The CPU is not configured to provide hardware support for exclusivity of write and execute operations on memory. This allows an attacker to execute data from all of me...

A static code block creates an instance of a class.

The product manages resources or behaves in a way that indirectly creates a new, distinct resource that can be used by attackers in violation of the intended policy.

The software creates an immutable text string using string concatenation operations.

The software creates a temporary file in a directory whose permissions allow unintended actors to determine the file's existence or otherwise access that file.

Opening temporary files without appropriate measures or controls can leave the file, its contents and any function that it impacts vulnerable to attack.

The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the...

Performing cryptographic operations without ensuring that the supporting inputs are ready to supply valid data may compromise the cryptographic result.

The application uses a signal handler that shares state with other signal handlers, but it does not properly mask or prevent those signal handlers from being invoked w...

The software is intended to manage data access through a particular data manager component such as a relational or non-SQL database, but it contains code that performs...

The software uses a dedicated, central data manager component as required by design, but it contains code that performs data-access operations that do not use this dat...

The software uses a data element that has an excessively large number of sub-elements with non-primitive data types such as structures or aggregated objects.

The code contains a data element with a pointer that does not have an associated copy or constructor method.

The software accesses a data resource through a database without using a connection pooling capability.

The software contains multiple threads or executable segments that are waiting for each other to release a necessary lock, resulting in deadlock.

The product fails to adequately prevent the revealing of unnecessary and potentially sensitive system information within debugging messages.

The source code declares a variable in one scope, but the variable is only used within a narrower scope.

The accidental deletion of a data-structure sentinel can cause serious programming logic problems.

The wrong "handler" is assigned to process an object.

The credentials necessary for unlocking a device are shared across multiple parties and may expose sensitive information.

The product enables a Direct Memory Access (DMA) capable device before the security configuration settings are established, which allows an attacker to extract data fr...

The software decodes the same input twice, which can limit the effectiveness of any protection mechanism that occurs in between the decoding operations.

Duplicate keys in associative lists can lead to non-unique keys being mistaken for an error.

The product performs the same operation on a resource two or more times, when the operation should only be applied once.

In a language where the user can influence the name of a variable at runtime, if the variable names are not controlled, an attacker can read or write to arbitrary vari...

The application contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.

The source code contains a block that does not contain any code, i.e., the block is empty.

An invokable code block contains an exception handling block that does not contain any code, i.e. is empty.

Using an empty string as a password is insecure.

The software does not properly encode or decode the data, resulting in unexpected values.

The product has an attack surface whose quantitative measurement exceeds a desirable maximum.

The code is too complex, as calculated using a well-defined, quantitative measure.

The software performs a data query with a large number of joins and sub-queries on a large data table.

The software contains a data query against an SQL table or view that is configured in a way that does not utilize an index and may cause sequential searches ...

The code is structured in a way that a Halstead complexity measure exceeds a desirable maximum.

The software contains an index range scan for a large data table, but the scan can cover a large number of rows.

The software performs an iteration or loop without sufficiently limiting the number of times that the loop is executed.

The code contains McCabe cyclomatic complexity that exceeds a desirable maximum.

The software performs too many data queries without using efficient data processing functionality such as stored procedures.

The software has a loop body or loop condition that contains a control element that directly or indirectly consumes platform resources, e.g. messaging, sessions, ...

The code is structured in a way that relies too much on using or setting global variables throughout various points in the code, instead of preserving the as...

The software initializes a data element using a hard-coded literal that is not a simple integer or static constant element.

The product uses too much self-modifying code.

The code uses too many unconditional branches (such as "goto").

The software uses an unnecessarily complex internal representation for its data structures or interrelationships between those structures.

The code contains a callable or other code grouping in which the nesting / branching is too deep.

The web application sends a redirect to another location, but instead of exiting, it executes additional code.

The software performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of o...

A feature, API, or function does not perform according to its specification.

The program dereferences a pointer that contains a location for memory that was previously valid, but is no longer valid.

The chip does not implement or does not correctly check whether users are authorized to access internal registers.

The software provides an Applications Programming Interface (API) or similar interface for interaction with external actors, but the interface includes a dangerous met...

The software implements an IOCTL with functionality that should be restricted, but it does not properly enforce access control for the IOCTL.

An ActiveX control is intended for use in a web browser, but it exposes dangerous methods that perform actions that are outside of the browser's security model (e.g. t...

The product stores access control list files in a directory or other container that is accessible to actors outside of the intended control sphere.

A backup file is stored in a directory or archive that is made accessible to unauthorized actors.

The product generates a core dump file in a directory, archive, or other resource that is stored, transferred, or otherwise made accessible to unauthorized actors.

The product does not sufficiently enforce boundaries between the states of different sessions, causing data to be provided to, or used by, the wrong session.

A directory listing is inappropriately exposed, yielding potentially sensitive information to attackers.

A command shell error message indicates that there exists an unhandled exception in the web application code. In many cases, an attacker can leverage the conditions th...

The product does not properly prevent a person's private, personal information from being accessed by actors who either (1) are not explicitly authorized to access the...

The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource.

The product's intended functionality exposes information to certain actors in accordance with the developer's security policy, but this information is regarded as sens...

When trying to keep information confidential, an attacker can often infer some of the information by using statistics.

The product prevents direct access to a resource containing sensitive information, but it does not sufficiently limit access to metadata that is derived from the origi...

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

The hardware does not fully clear security-sensitive values, such as keys and intermediate values in cryptographic operations, when debug mode is entered.

The product stores a CVS, git, or other repository in a directory, archive, or other resource that is stored, transferred, or otherwise made accessible to unauthorized...

The Web services architecture may require exposing a Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) file that contains information on the publicly accessible services and how ...

The web application does not sufficiently verify inputs that are assumed to be immutable but are actually externally controllable, such as hidden form fields.

The product does not prevent the definition of control spheres from external actors.

The product uses an externally controlled name or reference that resolves to a resource that is outside of the intended control sphere.

The application performs an operation that triggers an external diagnostic or error message that is not directly generated or controlled by the application, such as an...

The address map of the on-chip fabric has protected and unprotected regions overlapping, allowing an attacker to bypass access control to the overlapping portion of th...

The reserved bits in a hardware design are not disabled prior to production. Typically, reserved bits are used for future capabilities and should not support any funct...

The software does not properly handle when a particular element is not completely specified.

If too few arguments are sent to a function, the function will still pop the expected number of arguments from the stack. Potentially, a variable number of arguments c...

The software does not adequately filter user-controlled input for special elements with control implications.

The product makes files or directories accessible to unauthorized actors, even though they should not be.

A product's firmware cannot be updated or patched, leaving weaknesses present with no means of repair and the product vulnerable to attack.

The code performs a comparison such as an equality test between two float (floating point) values, but it uses comparison operators that do not account...

The software calls a function, procedure, or routine, but the caller specifies the arguments in an incorrect order, leading to resultant weaknesses.

The software calls a function, procedure, or routine, but the caller specifies the wrong variable or reference as one of the arguments, which may lead to undefined beh...

The product calls a function, procedure, or routine with arguments that are not correctly specified, leading to always-incorrect behavior and resultant weaknesses.

The product implements a Security Token mechanism to differentiate what actions are allowed or disallowed when a transaction originates from an entity. However, the Se...

The product uses a scheme that generates numbers or identifiers that are more predictable than required.

The product uses a cryptographic primitive that uses an Initialization Vector (IV), but the product does not generate IVs that are sufficiently unpredictable or ...

The software uses a CAPTCHA challenge, but the challenge can be guessed or automatically recognized by a non-human actor.

During runtime, the hardware allows for test or debug logic (feature) to be activated, which allows for changing the state of the hardware. This feature can alter the ...

Signals between a hardware IP and the parent system design are incorrectly connected causing security risks.

Software-controllable device functionality such as power and clock management permits unauthorized modification of memory or register bits.

System configuration protection may be bypassed during debug mode.

A race condition in the hardware logic results in undermining security guarantees of the system.

The hardware logic for error handling and security checks can incorrectly forward data before the security check is complete.

The software contains functionality that is not documented, not part of the specification, and not accessible through an interface or command sequence that is obvious ...

The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Aliased or mirrored memory regions in hardware designs may have inconsistent read/write permissions enforced by the hardware. A possible result is that an untrusted ag...

The product's physical debug and test interface protection does not block untrusted agents, resulting in unauthorized access to and potentially control of sensitive as...

The software defines an IOCTL that uses METHOD_NEITHER for I/O, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates the addresses that are provided.

The software does not follow certain coding rules for development, which can lead to resultant weaknesses or increase the severity of the associated vulnerabilities.

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the software does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

The software uses a handler for a custom URL scheme, but it does not properly restrict which actors can invoke the handler using the scheme.

The product creates a search index of private or sensitive documents, but it does not properly limit index access to actors who are authorized to see the original info...

The software does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

The software does not check or incorrectly checks the revocation status of a certificate, which may cause it to use a certificate that has been compromised.

The software does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the so...

The software does not properly anticipate or handle exceptional conditions that rarely occur during normal operation of the software.

The product does not clean up its state or incorrectly cleans up its state when an exception is thrown, leading to unexpected state or control flow.

The software does not maintain or incorrectly maintains control over a resource throughout its lifetime of creation, use, and release.

The software does not restrict a reference to a Document Type Definition (DTD) to the intended control sphere. This might allow attackers to reference arbitrary DTDs, ...

The software does not properly restrict reading from or writing to dynamically-identified variables.

The software does not properly restrict reading from or writing to dynamically-managed code resources such as variables, objects, classes, attributes, functions, or ex...

The PHP application receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before its usage in "require," "include," or...

The software constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutraliz...

The software does not properly limit the number or frequency of interactions that it has with an actor, such as the number of incoming requests.

The software prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a r...

The software requires that an actor should only be able to perform an action once, or to have only one unique action, but the software does not enforce or improperly e...

The software supports a session in which more than one behavior must be performed by an actor, but it does not properly ensure that the actor performs the behaviors in...

The software establishes a communication channel with an endpoint and receives a message from that endpoint, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the message was n...

The Android application exports a component for use by other applications, but does not properly restrict which applications can launch the component or access the dat...

The software receives data from an upstream component, but does not filter or incorrectly filters special elements before sending it to a downstream component.

Faulty finite state machines (FSMs) in the hardware logic allow an attacker to put the system in an undefined state, to cause a denial of service (DoS) or gain privile...

The software does not follow, or incorrectly follows, the chain of trust for a certificate back to a trusted root certificate, resulting in incorrect trust of any reso...

The software does not follow or incorrectly follows the specifications as required by the implementation language, environment, framework, protocol, or platform.

The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not handle or incorrectly handles when an additional unexpected special element is provided.

The software does not properly handle when an input uses an alternate encoding that is valid for the control sphere to which the input is being sent.

The software does not properly handle special paths that may identify the data or resource fork of a file on the HFS+ file system.

The software does not properly account for differences in case sensitivity when accessing or determining the properties of a resource, leading to inconsistent results.

The software does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition.

The software does not handle or incorrectly handles when the number of parameters, fields, or arguments with the same name exceeds the expected amount.

The software does not handle or incorrectly handles when more values are provided than expected.

The product does not handle or incorrectly handles a file name that identifies a "virtual" resource that is not directly specified within the directory that is associa...

The software does not handle or incorrectly handles a compressed input with a very high compression ratio that produces a large output.

The software does not handle or incorrectly handles when a particular structural element is not completely specified.

The software does not properly handle input in which an inconsistency exists between two or more special characters or reserved words.

The software does not handle or incorrectly handles when two or more structural elements should be consistent, but are not.

True random number generators (TRNG) generally have a limited source of entropy and therefore can fail or block.

The software does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to perform an operation, leading to resultant weaknesses.

The software parses a formatted message or structure, but it does not handle or incorrectly handles a length field that is inconsistent with the actual length of the a...

The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not handle or incorrectly handles when an expected special element is missing.

The software does not handle or incorrectly handles when a parameter, field, or argument name is specified, but the associated value is missing, i.e. it is empty, blan...

The software does not properly handle when the same input uses several different (mixed) encodings.

The product allows address regions to overlap, which can result in the bypassing of intended memory protection.

The software does not properly handle when the expected number of parameters, fields, or arguments is not provided in input, or if those parameters are undefined.

The hardware logic does not effectively handle when single-event upsets (SEUs) occur.

The software does not handle or incorrectly handles inputs that are related to complex structures.

The product does not handle or incorrectly handles input that is not syntactically well-formed with respect to the associated specification.

The software does not handle or incorrectly handles when a particular parameter, field, or argument name is not defined or supported by the product.

The software does not handle or incorrectly handles when a value is not defined or supported for the associated parameter, field, or argument name.

The software does not handle or incorrectly handles when a particular element is not the expected type, e.g. it expects a digit (0-9) but is provided with a letter (A-Z).

The software does not properly handle when an input contains Unicode encoding.

The software does not properly handle when all or part of an input has been URL encoded.

The software does not properly handle when the expected number of values for parameters, fields, or arguments is not provided in input, or if those values are undefined.

The software does not properly prevent access to, or detect usage of, alternate data streams (ADS).

The product implements a register lock bit protection feature that permits security sensitive controls to modify the protected configuration.

The product incorrectly implements register lock bit protection features such that protected controls can be programmed even after the lock has been set.

An interaction error occurs when two entities have correct behavior when running independently of each other, but when they are integrated as components in a larger sy...

The product does not isolate or incorrectly isolates its on-chip-fabric and internal resources such that they are shared between trusted and untrusted agents, creating...

The product does not properly isolate shared resources between trusted and untrusted agents.

Register lock bit protection disables changes to system configuration once the bit is set. Some of the protected registers or lock bits become programmable after power...

Trace data collected from several sources on the System-on-Chip (SoC) is stored in unprotected locations or transported to untrusted ag...

The product does not ensure or incorrectly ensures that structured messages or data are well-formed and that certain security properties are met before being read from...

The software constructs a string for a command to executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, ...

The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes code syntax before inserting the input into an executable...

The software properly neutralizes certain special elements, but it improperly neutralizes equivalent special elements.

The software saves user-provided information into a Comma-Separated Value (CSV) file, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could...

The software generates a web page, but does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input that could be interpreted as a server-side include (SSI) ...

The application generates a query intended to access or manipulate data in a data store such as a database, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes speci...

The software constructs all or part of an expression language (EL) statement in a Java Server Page (JSP) using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, ...

The software assigns the wrong ownership, or does not properly verify the ownership, of an object or resource.

The product is to be designed with access restricted to certain information, but it does not sufficiently protect against an unauthorized actor's ability to access the...

The product has or supports multiple distributed components or sub-systems that are each required to keep their own local copy of shared data - such as state or cache ...

The software does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrict...

The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

The device is susceptible to electromagnetic fault injection attacks, causing device internal information to be compromised or security mechanisms to be bypassed.

The product is missing protections or implements insufficient protections against information leakage through physical channels such as power consumption, electromagne...

Untrusted agents can disable alerts about signal conditions exceeding limits or the response mechanism that handles such alerts.

A hardware device is missing or has inadequate protection features to prevent overheating.

The product stores, transfers, or shares a resource that contains sensitive information, but it does not properly remove that information before the product makes the ...

The system or application is vulnerable to file system contents disclosure through path equivalence. Path equivalence involves the use of special characters in file an...

The software establishes a communication channel to (or from) an endpoint for privileged or protected operations, but it does not properly ensure that it is communicat...

The software performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.

The software operates in an environment in which power is a limited resource that cannot be automatically replenished, but the software does not properly restrict the ...

The software uses XML documents and allows their structure to be defined with a Document Type Definition (DTD), but it does not properly control the number of recursiv...

The web application does not restrict or incorrectly restricts frame objects or UI layers that belong to another application or domain, which can lead to user confusio...

The System-On-A-Chip (SoC) implements a Security Token mechanism to differentiate what actions are allowed or disallowed when a transaction originates from an entity. ...

The hardware design control register "sticky bits" or write-once bit fields are improperly implemented, such that they can be reprogrammed by software.

The product does not properly provide a capability for the product administrator to remove sensitive data at the time the product is decommissioned. A scrubbing capab...

The bus controller enables bits in the fabric end-point to allow responder devices to control transactions on the fabric.

The bridge incorrectly translates security attributes from either trusted to untrusted or from untrusted to trusted when converting from one fabric protocol to another.

The software uses a reference count to manage a resource, but it does not update or incorrectly updates the reference count.

The application does not use, or incorrectly uses, an input validation framework that is provided by the source language or an independent library.

The product uses untrusted input when calculating or using an array index, but the product does not validate or incorrectly validates the index to ensure the index ref...

A certificate expiration is not validated or is incorrectly validated, so trust may be assigned to certificates that have been abandoned due to age.

The software communicates with a host that provides a certificate, but the software does not properly ensure that the certificate is actually associated with that host.

The product receives a complex input with multiple elements or fields that must be consistent with each other, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that t...

The software does not validate or incorrectly validates the integrity check values or "checksums" of a message. This may prevent it from detecting if the data has been...

The product receives input that is expected to specify an index, position, or offset into an indexable resource such as a buffer or file, but it does not validate or i...

The product receives input that is expected to specify a quantity (such as size or length), but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the quantity has the...

The product receives input that is expected to be of a certain type, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input is actually of the expected type.

The product receives input that is expected to be well-formed - i.e., to comply with a certain syntax - but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the inpu...

The product receives an input value that is used as a resource identifier or other type of reference, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input ...

The software does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data.

The Android application uses a Broadcast Receiver that receives an Intent but does not properly verify that the Intent came from an authorized source.

The software establishes a communication channel to handle an incoming request that has been initiated by an actor, but it does not properly verify that the request is...

The product does not implement or incorrectly implements wear leveling operations in limited-write non-volatile memories.

The hardware product does not properly clear sensitive information from built-in registers when the user of the hardware block changes.

The software receives input from an upstream component that specifies multiple attributes, properties, or fields that are to be initialized or updated in an object, bu...

The software receives input from an upstream component that specifies attributes that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control m...

The product manages a group of objects or resources and performs a separate memory allocation for each object, but it does not properly limit the total amount of memor...

The software does not implement or incorrectly implements one or more security-relevant checks as specified by the design of a standardized algorithm, protocol, or tec...

The product performs a power save/restore operation, but it does not ensure that the integrity of the configuration state is maintained and/or ...

The source code contains comments that do not accurately describe or explain aspects of the portion of the code with which the comment is associated.

The software stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required.

The source code uses comment styles or formats that are inconsistent or do not follow expected standards for the product.

The software uses or specifies an encoding when generating output to a downstream component, but the specified encoding is not the same as the encoding that is expecte...

The source code does not follow desired style or formatting for indentation, white space, comments, etc.

The source code contains whitespace that is inconsistent across the code or does not follow expected standards for the product.

The software imports, requires, or includes executable functionality (such as a library) from a source that is outside of the intended control sphere.

If an include file source is accessible, the file can contain usernames and passwords, as well as sensitive information pertaining to the application and system.

Source code on a web server or repository often contains sensitive information and should generally not be accessible to users.

While adding general comments is very useful, some programmers tend to leave important data, such as: filenames related to the web application, old links or links whic...

The device includes chicken bits or undocumented features that can create entry points for unauthorized actors.

The software includes web functionality (such as a web widget) from another domain, which causes it to operate within the domain of the software, potentially granting ...

The software performs a comparison between entities that must consider multiple factors or characteristics of each entity, but the comparison does not include one or m...

The product uses a denylist-based protection mechanism to defend against XSS attacks, but the denylist is incomplete, allowing XSS variants to succeed.

The product's design documentation does not adequately describe control flow, data flow, system initialization, relationships between tasks, components, rati...

The documentation, whether on paper or in electronic form, does not contain descriptions of all the relevant elements of the product, such as its usage, stru...

The document does not fully define all mechanisms that are used to control or influence how product-specific programs are executed.

The software receives data from an upstream component, but does not filter all instances of a special element before sending it to a downstream component.

The software receives data from an upstream component, but does not completely filter one or more instances of special elements before sending it to a downstream compo...

The software receives data from an upstream component, but does not completely filter special elements before sending it to a downstream component.

The product's documentation does not adequately define inputs, outputs, or system/software interfaces.

The software does not properly determine which state it is in, causing it to assume it is in state X when in fact it is in state Y, causing it to perform incorrect ope...

The product implements a protection mechanism that relies on a list of inputs (or properties of inputs) that are not allowed by policy or otherwise require other actio...

A product acts as an intermediary or monitor between two or more endpoints, but it does not have a complete model of an endpoint's features, behaviors, or state, poten...

The implementation of the product is not consistent with the design as described within the relevant documentation.

When malformed or abnormal HTTP requests are interpreted by one or more entities in the data flow between the user and the web server, such as a proxy or firewall, the...

The product's code, documentation, or other artifacts do not consistently use the same naming conventions for variables, callables, groups of related callabl...

The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows...

The product performs multiple related behaviors, but the behaviors are performed in the wrong order in ways which may produce resultant weaknesses.

If a web server does not fully parse requested URLs before it examines them for authorization, it may be possible for an attacker to bypass authorization protection.

The software allows an entity to perform a legitimate but expensive operation before authentication or authorization has taken place.

The software validates input before applying protection mechanisms that modify the input, which could allow an attacker to bypass the validation via dangerous inputs t...

The software validates input before it is canonicalized, which prevents the software from detecting data that becomes invalid after the canonicalization step.

The software validates data before it has been filtered, which prevents the software from detecting data that becomes invalid after the filtering step.

The code does not explicitly delimit a block that is intended to contain 2 or more statements, creating a logic error.

The software performs a calculation that generates incorrect or unintended results that are later used in security-critical decisions or resource management.

The software does not correctly calculate the size to be used when allocating a buffer, which could lead to a buffer overflow.

The product's debug components contain incorrect chaining or granularity of debug components.

The software compares two entities in a security-relevant context, but the comparison is incorrect, which may lead to resultant weaknesses.

The product's comparison logic is performed over a series of steps rather than across the entire string in one operation. If there is a comparison logic failure on one...

The software does not properly return control flow to the proper location after it has completed a task or detected an unusual condition.

The product implements a conversion mechanism to map certain bus-transaction signals to security identifiers. However, if the conversion is incorrectly implemented, un...

The product implements a decoding mechanism to decode certain bus-transaction signals to security identifiers. If the decoding is implemented incorrectly, then untrust...

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

While it is executing, the software sets the permissions of an object in a way that violates the intended permissions that have been specified by the user.

The requirements for the software dictate the use of an established authentication algorithm, but the implementation of the algorithm is incorrect.

The software assigns an owner to a resource, but the owner is outside of the intended control sphere.

The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

The code does not function according to its published specifications, potentially leading to incorrect usage.

Hardware description language code incorrectly defines register defaults or hardware IP parameters to insecure values.

The software specifies a regular expression in a way that causes data to be improperly matched or compared.

The product does not properly transfer a resource/behavior to another sphere, or improperly imports a resource/behavior from another sphere, in a manner that provides ...

The logic level used to set a system to a secure state relies on a fuse being unblown. An attacker can set the system to an insecure state merely by blowing the fuse.

The software utilizes a shared resource in a concurrent manner, but it does not correctly synchronize access to the resource.

The software uses a Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) that does not correctly manage seeds.

The code uses boxed primitives, which may introduce inefficiencies into performance-critical operations.

The application does not conform to the API requirements for a function call that requires extra privileges. This could allow attackers to gain privileges by causing t...

The software does not properly manage a user within its environment.

The software creates a communication channel to initiate an outgoing request to an actor, but it does not correctly specify the intended destination for that actor.

An algorithm in a product has an inefficient worst-case computational complexity that may be detrimental to system performance and can be triggered by an attacker, typ...

The program performs CPU computations using algorithms that are not as efficient as they could be for the needs of the developer, i.e., the computati...

The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles.

The software does not record, or improperly records, security-relevant information that leads to an incorrect decision or hampers later analysis.

The software initializes data using hard-coded values that act as network resource identifiers.

The product uses a mechanism that automatically optimizes code, e.g. to improve a characteristic such as performance, but the optimizations can have an unintended side...

The software initializes or sets a resource with a default that is intended to be changed by the administrator, but the default is not secure.

The software, by default, initializes an internal variable with an insecure or less secure value than is possible.

A product defines a set of insecure permissions that are inherited by objects that are created by the program.

A product inherits a set of insecure permissions for an object, e.g. when copying from an archive file, without user awareness or involvement.

The System-on-Chip (SoC) implements a Security Identifier mechanism to differentiate what actions are allowed or disallowed when a transaction originates from an entit...

The software stores sensitive information without properly limiting read or write access by unauthorized actors.

Creating and using insecure temporary files can leave application and system data vulnerable to attack.

The product places sensitive information into files or directories that are accessible to actors who are allowed to have access to the files, but not to the sensitive ...

The code transmits data to another actor, but a portion of the data includes sensitive information that should not be accessible to that actor.

The product's architecture, source code, design, documentation, or other artifact does not follow required conventions.

The product does not sufficiently compartmentalize functionality or processes that require different privilege levels, rights, or permissions.

The code does not sufficiently manage its control flow during execution, creating conditions in which the control flow can be modified in unexpected ways.

The software does not sufficiently monitor or control transmitted network traffic volume, so that an actor can cause the software to transmit more traffic than should ...

The documentation does not sufficiently describe the techniques that are used for error handling, exception processing, or similar mechanisms.

The software does not sufficiently hide the internal representation and implementation details of data or methods, which might allow external components or modules to ...

The product or code uses machine-dependent functionality, but it does not sufficiently encapsulate or isolate this functionality from the rest of the code.

The software uses an algorithm or scheme that produces insufficient entropy, leaving patterns or clusters of values that are more likely to occur than others.

The lack of entropy available for, or used by, a Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) can be a stability and security threat.

The product implements access controls via a policy or other feature with the intention to disable or restrict accesses (reads and/or writes) to assets in a system fro...

The product defines a large address region protected from modification by the same register lock control bit. This results in a conflict between the functional require...

The source code uses symbolic constants, but it does not sufficiently place the definitions of these constants into a more centralized or isolated location.

The product or code does not isolate system-dependent functionality into separate standalone modules.

When a security-critical event occurs, the software either does not record the event or omits important details about the event when logging it.

The product's data removal process does not completely delete all data and potentially sensitive information within hardware components.

The device is missing or incorrectly implements circuitry or sensors to detect and mitigate CPU instruction skips that can be caused by...

The protections on the product's non-volatile memory containing boot code are insufficient to prevent the bypassing of secure boot or the execution of an untrusted, bo...

The software has a protection mechanism that is too difficult or inconvenient to use, encouraging non-malicious users to disable or bypass the mechanism, whether by ac...

The software's resource pool is not large enough to handle peak demand, which allows an attacker to prevent others from accessing the resource by using a (relatively) ...

According to WASC, "Insufficient Session Expiration is when a web site permits an attacker to reuse old session credentials or session IDs for authorization."

The software does not properly distinguish between different types of elements in a way that leads to insecure behavior.

The user interface provides a warning to a user regarding dangerous or sensitive operations, but the warning is not noticeable enough to warrant attention.

The source code uses literal constants that may need to change or evolve over time, instead of using symbolic constants.

The software does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data.

The software displays information or identifiers to a user, but the display mechanism does not make it easy for the user to distinguish between visually similar or ide...

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types.

The product performs a calculation to determine how much memory to allocate, but an integer overflow can occur that causes less memory to be allocated than expected, l...

Product A handles inputs or steps differently than Product B, which causes A to perform incorrect actions based on its perception of B's state.

The code at one architectural layer invokes code that resides at a deeper layer than the adjacent layer, i.e., the invocation skips at least one layer, and t...

The code contains a function or method that operates in a multi-threaded environment but owns an unsafe non-final static storable or member d...

A function or method contains too many operations that utilize a data manager or file resource.

A function, method, procedure, etc. contains an excessive amount of code that has been commented out within its body.

The code contains callable control elements that contain an excessively large number of references to other application objects external to the conte...

The software contains a function, subroutine, or method whose signature has an unnecessarily large number of parameters/arguments.

A named-callable or method control element has a signature that supports a variable (variadic) number of parameters or arguments.

The program contains code that is not essential for execution, i.e. makes no state changes and has no side effects that alter data or control flow, such th...

Information sent over a network can be compromised while in transit. An attacker may be able to read or modify the contents if the data are sent in plaintext or are we...

The J2EE application is configured to use an insufficient session ID length.

The default error page of a web application should not display sensitive information about the software system.

The J2EE application stores a plaintext password in a configuration file.

If elevated access rights are assigned to EJB methods, then an attacker can take advantage of the permissions to exploit the software system.

In many cases, an attacker can leverage the conditions that cause unhandled exception errors in order to gain unauthorized access to the system.

The software performs a key exchange with an actor without verifying the identity of that actor.

The product uses security features in a way that prevents the product's administrator from tailoring security settings to reflect the environment in which the product ...

The software uses a large data table that contains an excessively large number of indices.

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

The software contains code that is designed to disrupt the legitimate operation of the software (or its environment) when a certain time passes, or when a certain logi...

The software uses a loop with a control flow condition based on a value that is updated within the body of the loop.

The program contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of mem...

A method for a class performs an operation that directly accesses a member element from another class.

The product's architecture mirrors regions without ensuring that their contents always stay in sync.

The software misinterprets an input, whether from an attacker or another product, in a security-relevant fashion.

Missing an ability to patch ROM code may leave a System or System-on-Chip (SoC) in a vulnerable state.

The software does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

The software implements an authentication technique, but it skips a step that weakens the technique.

The product does not implement a required step in a cryptographic algorithm, resulting in weaker encryption than advertised by the algorithm.

The software does not return custom error pages to the user, possibly exposing sensitive information.

The product does not have documentation that represents how it is designed.

A missing immutable root of trust in the hardware results in the ability to bypass secure boot or execute untrusted or adversarial boot code.

The software does not initialize a critical resource.

The device does not contain or contains improperly implemented circuitry or sensors to detect and mitigate voltage and clock glitches and protect sensitive information...

The software does not mask passwords during entry, increasing the potential for attackers to observe and capture passwords.

Information stored in hardware may be recovered by an attacker with the capability to capture and analyze images of the integrated circuit using techniques such as sca...

The firewall in an on-chip fabric protects the main addressed region, but it does not protect any mirrored memory or memory-mapped-IO (MMIO) regions.

The lack of protections on alternate paths to access control-protected assets (such as unprotected shadow registers and other external ...

The software does not properly maintain a reference to a resource that has been allocated, which prevents the resource from being reclaimed.

The software does not properly maintain references to a file descriptor or handle, which prevents that file descriptor/handle from being reclaimed.

The software does not release a file descriptor or handle after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the file descriptor/handle is no longer needed.

The software does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.

A bridge that is connected to a fabric without security features forwards transactions to the slave without checking the privilege level of the master. Similarly, it ...

The product implements a security identifier mechanism to differentiate what actions are allowed or disallowed when a transaction originates from an entity. A transact...

The software contains a serializable data element that does not have an associated serialization method.

The software relies on one source of data, preventing the ability to detect if an adversary has compromised a data source.

The software does not use a standardized method for handling errors throughout the code, which might introduce inconsistent error handling and resultant weaknesses.

The software uses a transmission protocol that does not include a mechanism for verifying the integrity of the data during transmission, such as a checksum.

On-chip fabrics or buses either do not support or are not configured to support privilege separation or other security features, such as access control.

The software utilizes a shared resource in a concurrent manner but does not attempt to synchronize access to the resource.

The software uses OpenSSL and trusts or uses a certificate without using the SSL_get_verify_result() function to ensure that the certificate satisfies all necessary se...

The device does not write-protect the parametric data values for sensors that scale the sensor value, allowing untrusted software to manipulate the apparent result and...

The software does not properly protect an assumed-immutable element from being modified by an attacker.

The software contains modules in which one module has references that cycle back to itself, i.e., there are circular dependencies.

The software contains a class with inheritance from more than one concrete class.

The UI has multiple interpretations of user input but does not prompt the user when it selects the less secure interpretation.

The register contents used for attestation or measurement reporting data to verify boot flow are modifiable by an adversary.

Allowing a .NET application to run at potentially escalated levels of access to the underlying operating and file systems can be dangerous and result in various forms ...

The software does not exit or otherwise modify its operation when security-relevant errors occur during initialization, such as when a configuration file has a format ...

Non-replicating malicious code only resides on the target system or software that is attacked; it does not attempt to spread to other systems.

The software contains a client with a function or method that contains a large number of data accesses/queries that are sent through a data manager, i.e., does not use...

Hardware structures shared across execution contexts (e.g., caches and branch predictors) can violate the expected architecture isolation between contexts.

When the product encounters an error condition or failure, its design requires it to fall back to a state that is less secure than other options that are available, su...

Not using an unpredictable initialization Vector (IV) with Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) Mode causes algorithms to be susceptible to dictionary attacks when they are enc...

If no mechanism is in place for managing password aging, users will have no incentive to update passwords in a timely manner.

The product does not properly handle null bytes or NUL characters when passing data between different representations or components.

The program checks a value to ensure that it is less than or equal to a maximum, but it does not also verify that the value is greater than or equal to the minimum.

The software does not maintain equal hashcodes for equal objects.

The software records security-relevant information according to an alternate name of the affected entity, instead of the canonical name.

The product's behaviors indicate important differences that may be observed by unauthorized actors in a way that reveals (1) its internal state or decision process, or...

The product operates in an environment in which its existence or specific identity should not be known, but it behaves differently than other products with equivalent ...

The product behaves differently or sends different responses under different circumstances in a way that is observable to an unauthorized actor, which exposes security...

The product performs multiple behaviors that are combined to produce a single result, but the individual behaviors are observable separately in a way that allows attac...

The product provides different responses to incoming requests in a way that reveals internal state information to an unauthorized actor outside of the intended control...

Two separate operations in a product require different amounts of time to complete, in a way that is observable to an actor and reveals security-relevant information a...

A UI function is obsolete and the product does not warn the user.

A product calculates or uses an incorrect maximum or minimum value that is 1 more, or 1 less, than the correct value.

The application does not record or display information that would be important for identifying the source or nature of an attack, or determining if an action is safe.

The software receives data from an upstream component, but only filters a single instance of a special element before sending it to a downstream component.

The software receives data from an upstream component, but only accounts for special elements at a specified location, thereby missing remaining special elements that ...

The software receives data from an upstream component, but only accounts for special elements at an absolute position (e.g. "byte number 10"), thereby missing remainin...

The software receives data from an upstream component, but only accounts for special elements positioned relative to a marker (e.g. "at the beginning/end of a string; ...

The software performs an operation on a resource at the wrong phase of the resource's lifecycle, which can lead to unexpected behaviors.

The program uses an expression in which operator precedence causes incorrect logic to be used.

The software does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid.

The software reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

The software contains an account lockout protection mechanism, but the mechanism is too restrictive and can be triggered too easily, which allows attackers to deny ser...

A regular expression is overly restrictive, which prevents dangerous values from being detected.

A parent class has a virtual destructor method, but the parent has a child class that does not have a virtual destructor.

The code has a parent class that contains references to a child class, its methods, or its members.

A parent class contains one or more child classes, but the parent class does not have a virtual destructor method.

The software performs a comparison that only examines a portion of a factor before determining whether there is a match, such as a substring, leading to resultant weak...

Allowing password aging to occur unchecked can result in the possibility of diminished password integrity.

The software stores a password in a configuration file that might be accessible to actors who do not know the password.

The product, while copying or cloning a resource, does not set the resource's permissions or access control until the copy is complete, leaving the resource exposed to...

The software uses a cross-domain policy file that includes domains that should not be trusted.

The product implements a protection mechanism that relies on a list of inputs (or properties of inputs) that are explicitly allowed by policy because the inputs are as...

The product uses a regular expression that does not sufficiently restrict the set of allowed values.

The software uses a storable data element that does not have all of the associated functions or methods that are necessary to support comparison.

A PHP application does not properly protect against the modification of variables from external sources, such as query parameters or cookies. This can expose the appli...

The software or the administrator places a user into an incorrect group.

The product's hardware-enforced access control for a particular resource improperly accounts for privilege discrepancies between control and write policies.

The product uses an obsolete encoding mechanism to implement access controls.

The product enables components that contain untrusted firmware before memory and fabric access controls have been enabled.

An exact value or random number can be precisely predicted by observing previous values.

A number or object is predictable based on observations that the attacker can make about the state of the system or network, such as time, process ID, etc.

A Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) is initialized from a predictable seed, such as the process ID or system time.

The software's random number generator produces a series of values which, when observed, can be used to infer a relatively small range of possibilities for the next va...

The program releases a resource that is still intended to be used by the program itself or another actor.

Two distinct privileges, roles, capabilities, or rights can be combined in a way that allows an entity to perform unsafe actions that would not be allowed without that...

The software does not properly manage privileges while it is switching between different contexts that have different privileges or spheres of control.

A particular privilege, role, capability, or right can be used to perform unsafe actions that were not intended, even when it is assigned to the correct entity.

The software does not drop privileges before passing control of a resource to an actor that does not have those privileges.

Executing commands or loading libraries from an untrusted source or in an untrusted environment can cause an application to execute malicious commands (and payloads) o...

The developer builds a security-critical protection mechanism into the software, but the processor optimizes the execution of the program such that the mechanism is re...

The product released to market is released in pre-production or manufacturing configuration.

The software's user interface does not warn the user before undertaking an unsafe action on behalf of that user. This makes it easier for attackers to trick users into...

The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.

The same public key is used for signing both debug and production code.

The product opens an alternate channel to communicate with an authorized user, but the channel is accessible to other actors.

A write-once register in hardware design is programmable by an untrusted software component earlier than the trusted software component, resulting in a race condition ...

Simple authentication protocols are subject to reflection attacks if a malicious user can use the target machine to impersonate a trusted user.

Memory-mapped registers provide access to hardware functionality from software and if not properly secured can result in loss of confidentiality and integrity.

The software uses a regular expression to perform neutralization, but the regular expression is not anchored and may allow malicious or malformed data to slip through.

A protection mechanism relies exclusively, or to a large extent, on the evaluation of a single condition or the integrity of a single object or entity in order to make...

The product contains a component that cannot be updated or patched in order to remove vulnerabilities or significant bugs.

The application uses a protection mechanism that relies on the existence or values of a cookie, but it does not properly ensure that the cookie is valid for the associ...

The software makes invalid assumptions about how protocol data or memory is organized at a lower level, resulting in unintended program behavior.

The software allows a file to be uploaded, but it relies on the file name or extension of the file to determine the appropriate behaviors. This could be used by attack...

The software uses an IP address for authentication.

The code uses a data representation that relies on low-level data representation or constructs that may vary across different processors, physical machines, ...

The software uses obfuscation or encryption of inputs that should not be mutable by an external actor, but the software does not use integrity checks to detect if thos...

Java packages are not inherently closed; therefore, relying on them for code security is not a good practice.

The product uses automatically-generated code that cannot be executed without a specific runtime support component.

The software uses a protection mechanism whose strength depends heavily on its obscurity, such that knowledge of its algorithms or key data is sufficient to defeat the...

The software uses an API function, data structure, or other entity in a way that relies on properties that are not always guaranteed to hold for that entity.

The application uses a protection mechanism that relies on the existence or values of an input, but the input can be modified by an untrusted actor in a way that bypas...

Confidential information stored in memory circuits is readable or recoverable after being cleared or erased.

Replicating malicious code, including viruses and worms, will attempt to attack other systems once it has successfully compromised the target system or software.

Nonces should be used for the present occasion and only once.

The product uses a hashing algorithm that produces a hash value that can be used to determine the original input, or to find an input that can produce the same hash, m...

The application uses deployed components from application servers, but it also uses low-level functions/methods for management of resources, instead of the API provide...

A Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) uses the same seed each time the product is initialized.

Security-version number in hardware is mutable, resulting in the ability to downgrade (roll-back) the boot firmware to vulnerable code versions.

A protocol or its implementation supports interaction between multiple actors and allows those actors to negotiate which algorithm should be used as a protection mecha...

The security-sensitive hardware module contains semiconductor defects.

The Secure attribute for sensitive cookies in HTTPS sessions is not set, which could cause the user agent to send those cookies in plaintext over an HTTP session.

The SameSite attribute for sensitive cookies is not set, or an insecure value is used.

The software uses a cookie to store sensitive information, but the cookie is not marked with the HttpOnly flag.

Sensitive information in clear text on the JTAG interface may be examined by an eavesdropper, e.g. by placing a probe device on the int...

Sensitive information may leak as a result of a debug or power state transition when information access restrictions change as a result of the transition.

Access to security-sensitive information stored in fuses is not limited during debug.

Specific combinations of processor instructions lead to undesirable behavior such as locking the processor until a hard reset performed.

The software contains a serializable, storable data element such as a field or member, but the data element contains member elements that are not serializable.

Certain conditions, such as network failure, will cause a server error message to be displayed.

The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the reques...

A servlet error message indicates that there exists an unhandled exception in your web application code and may provide useful information to an attacker.

Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal au...

The software defines a function that is used as a handler for more than one signal.

The software defines a signal handler that contains code sequences that are not asynchronous-safe, i.e., the functionality is not reentrant, or it can be interrupted.

The software implements a Singleton design pattern but does not use appropriate locking or other synchronization mechanism to ensure that the singleton class is only i...

A PRNG uses a relatively small space of seeds.

The number of possible random values is smaller than needed by the product, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks.

The source code contains elements such as source files that do not consistently provide a prologue or header that has been standardized for the project.

A source code file has too many lines of code.

The software collects personally identifiable information about a human user or the user's activities, but the software accesses this information using other resources...

The code contains a member element that is declared as static (but not final), in which its parent class element is not a singleton class - that is, a class...

The application stores sensitive data under the FTP server root with insufficient access control, which might make it accessible to untrusted parties.

The application stores sensitive data under the web document root with insufficient access control, which might make it accessible to untrusted parties.

The software stores sensitive information in a file system or device that does not have built-in access control.

When an application does not use an input validation framework such as the Struts Validator, there is a greater risk of introducing weaknesses related to insufficient ...

An unused validation form indicates that validation logic is not up-to-date.

The code contains comments that suggest the presence of bugs, incomplete functionality, or weaknesses.

A constant symbolic reference to an object is used, even though the reference can resolve to a different object over time.

The code has a synchronous call to a remote resource, but there is no timeout for the call, or the timeout is set to infinite.

The System-on-Chip (SoC) does not have unique, immutable identifiers for each of its components.

The UI performs the wrong action with respect to the user's request.

The software makes resources available to untrusted parties when those resources are only intended to be accessed by the software.

A trapdoor is a hidden piece of code that responds to a special input, allowing its user access to resources without passing through the normal security enforcement me...

The software appears to contain benign or useful functionality, but it also contains code that is hidden from normal operation that violates the intended security poli...

The application truncates the display, recording, or processing of security-relevant information in a way that can obscure the source or nature of an attack.

The server contains a protection mechanism that assumes that any URI that is accessed using HTTP GET will not cause a state change to the associated resource. This mig...

The user interface does not correctly enable or configure a security feature, but the interface provides feedback that causes the user to believe that the feature is i...

An unauthorized agent can inject errors into a redundant block to deprive the system of redundancy or put the system in a degraded operating mode.

The product does not check for an error after calling a function that can return with a NULL pointer if the function fails, which leads to a resultant NULL pointer der...

The software performs unconditional control transfer (such as a "goto") in code outside of a branching structure such as a switch block.

The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.

A UI function for a security feature appears to be supported and gives feedback to the user that suggests that it is supported, but the underlying functionality is not...

Security-critical logic is not set to a known value on reset.

The product receives a request, message, or directive from an upstream component, but the product does not sufficiently preserve the original source of the request bef...

During execution of non-reentrant code, the software performs a call that unintentionally produces a nested invocation of the non-reentrant code.

The software, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended co...

The software attempts to unlock a resource that is not locked.

The software uses a more complex mechanism than necessary, which could lead to resultant weaknesses when the mechanism is not correctly understood, modeled, configured...

The software stores raw content or supporting code under the web document root with an extension that is not specifically handled by the server.

The software protects a primary channel, but it does not use the same level of protection for an alternate channel.

The product does not adequately protect confidential information on the device from being accessed by Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) vendors.

The software uses a primary channel for administration or restricted functionality, but it does not properly protect the channel.

The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access re...

The software allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment.

An ActiveX control is intended for restricted use, but it has been marked as safe-for-scripting.

The program obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.

The application searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the application's direct control.

The software does not properly verify that a critical resource is owned by the proper entity.

The use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm is an unnecessary risk that may result in the exposure of sensitive information.

The product uses a cryptographic key or password past its expiration date, which diminishes its safety significantly by increasing the timing window for cracking attac...

The software calls a non-reentrant function in a concurrent context in which a competing code sequence (e.g. thread or signal handler) may have an opportunity to call ...

The software uses a one-way cryptographic hash against an input that should not be reversible, such as a password, but the software uses a predictable salt as part of ...

The software uses a one-way cryptographic hash against an input that should not be reversible, such as a password, but the software does not also use a salt as part of...

This device implements a cryptographic algorithm using a non-standard or unproven cryptographic primitive.

The product uses a non-blocking model that relies on a single threaded process for features such as scalability, but it contains code that can block when it is invo...

The code uses a cache that contains sensitive information, but the cache can be read by an actor outside of the intended control sphere.

A client/server product performs authentication within client code but not in server code, allowing server-side authentication to be bypassed via a modified client tha...

The product uses a Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in a security context, but the PRNG's algorithm is not cryptographically strong.

The software uses or accesses a file descriptor after it has been closed.

The application uses external input with reflection to select which classes or code to use, but it does not sufficiently prevent the input from selecting improper clas...

The software contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to exte...

The program uses hard-coded constants instead of symbolic names for security-critical values, which increases the likelihood of mistakes during code maintenance or sec...

The Android application uses an implicit intent for transmitting sensitive data to other applications.

The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not account for byte ordering (e.g. big-endian and little-endian) when processing the input, causin...

The software uses a name or reference to access a resource, but the name/reference resolves to a resource that is outside of the intended control sphere.

Inner classes are translated into classes that are accessible at package scope and may expose code that the programmer intended to keep private to attackers.

The software uses insufficiently random numbers or values in a security context that depends on unpredictable numbers.

The product uses a constant value, name, or reference, but this value can (or should) vary across different environments.

The software has two different sources of the same data or information, but it uses the source that has less support for verification, is less trusted, or is less resi...

The software uses low-level functionality that is explicitly prohibited by the framework or specification under which the software is supposed to operate.

The software uses multiple resources that can have the same identifier, in a context in which unique identifiers are required.

The software defines policy namespaces and makes authorization decisions based on the assumption that a URL is canonical. This can allow a non-canonical URL to bypass ...

Catching NullPointerException should not be used as an alternative to programmatic checks to prevent dereferencing a null pointer.

The software contains a method that accesses an object but does not later invoke the element's associated finalize/destructor method.

The program performs pointer arithmetic on a valid pointer, but it uses an offset that can point outside of the intended range of valid memory locations for the result...

The software records password hashes in a data store, receives a hash of a password from a client, and compares the supplied hash to the hash obtained from the data st...

The software generates a hash for a password, but it uses a scheme that does not provide a sufficient level of computational effort that would make password cracking a...

The use of password systems as the primary means of authentication may be subject to several flaws or shortcomings, each reducing the effectiveness of the mechanism.

The web application uses persistent cookies, but the cookies contain sensitive information.

The product relies on third-party software components that do not provide equivalent functionality across all desirable platforms.

The device uses an algorithm that is predictable and generates a pseudo-random number.

The software uses a function, library, or third party component that has been explicitly prohibited, whether by the developer or the customer.

The software has multiple functions, methods, procedures, macros, etc. that contain the same code.

The software uses the RSA algorithm but does not incorporate Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP), which might weaken the encryption.

The software uses the same control element across multiple architectural layers.

The code contains a callable, block, or other code element in which the same variable is used to control more than one unique task or store more than one ins...

The use of single-factor authentication can lead to unnecessary risk of compromise when compared with the benefits of a dual-factor authentication scheme.

The product calls umask() with an incorrect argument that is specified as if it is an argument to chmod().

The software uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.

The product relies on third-party components that are not actively supported or maintained by the original developer or a trusted proxy for the original deve...

The web application does not use an appropriate caching policy that specifies the extent to which each web page and associated form fields should be cached.

The web application produces links to untrusted external sites outside of its sphere of control, but it does not properly prevent the external site from modifying sec...

The user interface (UI) does not properly represent critical information to the user, allowing the information - or its source - to be obscured or spoofed. This is oft...

The product violates well-established principles for secure design.

Obscuring a password with a trivial encoding does not protect the password.

The software contains a mechanism for users to recover or change their passwords without knowing the original password, but the mechanism is weak.

The product does not require that users should have strong passwords, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts.

Any condition where the attacker has the ability to write an arbitrary value to an arbitrary location, often as the result of a buffer overflow.