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CWE-1390

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CWE-1390

Weak Authentication

Class
Incomplete

Description

The product uses an authentication mechanism to restrict access to specific users or identities, but the mechanism does not sufficiently prove that the claimed identity is correct.

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Parent Weaknesses (ChildOf)

Common Consequences

Scope

Integrity
Confidentiality
Availability
Access Control

Impact

Read Application Data, Gain Privileges or Assume Identity, Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands

CVE-2024-48445

Chain: e-commerce app relies on an easily-guessable timestamp (CWE-341) in a weak authentication algorithm (CWE-1390)

CVE-2022-30034

Chain: Web UI for a Python RPC framework does not use regex anchors to validate user login emails (CWE-777), potentially allowing bypass of OAuth (CWE-1390).

CVE-2022-35248

Chat application skips validation when Central Authentication Service (CAS) is enabled, effectively removing the second factor from two-factor authentication

CVE-2021-3116

Chain: Python-based HTTP Proxy server uses the wrong boolean operators (CWE-480) causing an incorrect comparison (CWE-697) that identifies an authN failure if all three conditions are met instead of only one, allowing bypass of the proxy authentication (CWE-1390)

CVE-2022-29965

Distributed Control System (DCS) uses a deterministic algorithm to generate utility passwords

CVE-2022-29959

Initialization file contains credentials that can be decoded using a "simple string transformation"

CVE-2020-8994

UART interface for AI speaker uses empty password for root shell

Applicable Platforms

Not Language-Specific

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