NIST 800-53 r5 · Controls catalogue · Family SA
SA-14Criticality Analysis
Criticality Analysis
Last updated: 22 August 2026 07:11 UTC
Implementations targeting this control (0)
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ATT&CK techniques this control mitigates (0)
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Weaknesses this control addresses (9)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-862 | Missing Authorization | 10,200+ | Criticality analysis reveals functions that must be protected by authorization checks, making missing-authorization weaknesses far less likely to affect high-value operations. |
CWE-284 | Improper Access Control | 6,900+ | The analysis highlights critical resources that require strong access-control enforcement, thereby reducing the chance that improper access control will be present on those resources. |
CWE-269 | Improper Privilege Management | 3,400+ | By determining which components are critical, the analysis drives proper privilege assignment and management for those components, limiting attacker escalation paths. |
CWE-306 | Missing Authentication for Critical Function | 3,300+ | Explicit identification of critical functions enables organizations to ensure authentication is applied exactly where it is most needed, preventing missing authentication for those functions. |
CWE-732 | Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource | 1,900+ | The control directly supports correct permission assignment by first determining which resources are critical, thereby lowering the likelihood of insecure permissions on those resources. |
CWE-285 | Improper Authorization | 1,500+ | Criticality analysis identifies functions whose authorization decisions must be correct, making improper authorization flaws less likely to remain exploitable in those areas. |
CWE-250 | Execution with Unnecessary Privileges | 300+ | Criticality analysis identifies high-impact functions so that unnecessary privileges can be removed from them, directly reducing the exploitability of excessive-privilege weaknesses. |
CWE-653 | Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization | 73 | Criticality analysis informs isolation and compartmentalization decisions for high-value components, reducing the attack surface that an adversary can reach after an initial compromise. |
CWE-272 | Least Privilege Violation | 38 | Criticality analysis supplies the information needed to enforce least privilege on the most important system elements, making violations of that principle less likely to exist in high-value targets. |
Top CVEs where this control is the strongest mitigation
| CVE | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | Match |
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