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CWE

Common Weakness Enumeration

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a community-developed, categorized list of software and hardware weakness types - such as CWE-89 (SQL Injection) or CWE-918 (SSRF). Where a CVE names a specific vulnerability, a CWE names the class of weakness behind it, making CWE the backbone of vulnerability taxonomy.

Key points

  • Taxonomy of weakness types, not specific instances.
  • Referenced throughout this knowledge graph.
  • Maps to CVEs (instances) and CAPEC (attack patterns).

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