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CWE-668Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Category: data-exposure

Description

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

Common consequences· 3

  • Confidentiality — Read Application Data
    An adversary that gains access to a resource exposed to a wrong sphere could potentially retrieve private data from that resource, thus breaking the intended confidentiality of that data.
  • Integrity — Modify Application Data
    An adversary that gains access to a resource exposed to a wrong sphere could potentially modify data held within that resource, thus breaking the intended integrity of that data and causing the system relying on that resource to make unintended decisions.
  • Other — Varies by Context
    The consequences may vary widely depending on how the product uses the affected resource.

References

  1. https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/668.html

Compliance frameworks addressing this (incoming)23

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
ComplianceControlnist_csf-de100%live
ComplianceControlpci_dss_v4-r2100%live
ComplianceControldora-art17100%live
ComplianceControlpci_dss_v4-r12100%live
ComplianceControlcis_v8-4100%live
ComplianceControlnist_csf-gv100%live
ComplianceControldora-art25100%live
ComplianceControlowasp_llm_top10-llm06100%live
ComplianceControliso27001-a.5.23100%live
ComplianceControlcis_v8-13100%live
ComplianceControlnis2-art21f100%live
ComplianceControlowasp_api_top10-api09100%live
ComplianceControliso27001-a.8.21100%live
ComplianceControliso27701-a.7.2.1100%live
ComplianceControldora-art28100%live
ComplianceControlowasp_llm_top10-llm02100%live
ComplianceControlnis2-art21a100%live
ComplianceControlnist_csf-id100%live
ComplianceControlgdpr-art35100%live
ComplianceControliso27001-a.8.9100%live
ComplianceControliso27701-a.7.4.1100%live
ComplianceControliso27701-a.7.4.595%live
ComplianceControliso27701-a.7.3.195%live

(incoming)19

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
VulnerabilityCVE-2025-15114cve-2025-151140%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2025-25176cve-2025-251760%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2025-2857cve-2025-28570%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2025-55583cve-2025-555830%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-20160cve-2026-201600%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-25643cve-2026-256430%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-25725cve-2026-257250%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-26057cve-2026-260570%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-27466cve-2026-274660%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-29093cve-2026-290930%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-33573cve-2026-335730%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-34765cve-2026-347650%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-39911cve-2026-399110%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-44008cve-2026-440080%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-44009cve-2026-440090%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-44552cve-2026-445520%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-45411cve-2026-454110%live
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-8958cve-2026-89580%live
KEVEntryMicrosoft Word Information Disclosure Vulnerabilitykev-cve-2023-367610%live

Related by meaning· 6

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

CWE
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE
Incorrect Ownership Assignment
CWE
Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere
CWE
Improper Access Control
CWE
Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CWE
Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')
Sourced from MITRE CWE 4.20. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.