CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses (2024)
CWE Top 25 2024: Authentication and Credentials

CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses (2024) CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Rank 14 in the 2024 CWE Top 25 (frequency x severity of CVEs). When an actor claims to have a given identity, the software does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

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OWASP Top 10:2025 · 1 control

  • OWASPTOP10-7 A07:2025 Identification and Authentication Failures

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