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CWE-573Improper Following of Specification by Caller

Category: other

Description

The product does not follow or incorrectly follows the specifications as required by the implementation language, environment, framework, protocol, or platform. When leveraging external functionality, such as an API, it is important that the caller does so in accordance with the requirements of the external functionality or else unintended behaviors may result, possibly leaving the system vulnerable to any number of exploits.

Common consequences· 1

  • Other — Quality Degradation, Varies by Context

References

  1. https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/573.html

(incoming)1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-41583cve-2026-415830%live

Related by meaning· 6

Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.

CWE
Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality
CWE
Improper Adherence to Coding Standards
CWE
Exposed Dangerous Method or Function
CWE
Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs
CWE
Use of Low-Level Functionality
CWE
Insufficient Encapsulation
Sourced from MITRE CWE 4.20. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.