Cyber Resilience

NIST 800-53 r5 · Controls catalogue · Family CP

CP-10System Recovery and Reconstitution

Provide for the recovery and reconstitution of the system to a known state within {{ insert: param, cp-10_prm_1 }} after a disruption, compromise, or failure.

Last updated: 22 August 2026 07:11 UTC

Implementations targeting this control (15)

ATT&CK techniques this control mitigates (12)

Weaknesses this control addresses (7)AI-assisted

CWEs ranked by how often they appear in real CVEs. The rationale describes how this control reduces exploitability of each weakness class.

CWE Name CVEs Why this control addresses it
CWE-284Improper Access Control6,900+Recovery to a known state reverts unauthorized changes to access control mechanisms after compromise.
CWE-287Improper Authentication5,200+System recovery re-establishes trusted authentication processes following a compromise.
CWE-269Improper Privilege Management3,400+Recovery ensures return to a state with correctly assigned and managed privileges.
CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource1,900+Reconstitution corrects improper permission assignments on critical resources.
CWE-285Improper Authorization1,500+Reconstitution restores proper authorization policies and enforcement that may have been altered.
CWE-506Embedded Malicious Code99Reverting to a known state removes any malicious code embedded by an attacker.
CWE-912Hidden Functionality87Recovery eliminates hidden functionality or backdoors introduced during compromise.

Top CVEs where this control is the strongest mitigation

CVE Risk CVSS EPSS Match
CVE-2023-31316 5.57.10.0009partial
CVE-2024-23485 3.64.60.0019partial

Other controls in family CP

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