Cyber Resilience

NIST 800-53 r5 · Controls catalogue · Family SA

SA-8Security and Privacy Engineering Principles

Apply the following systems security and privacy engineering principles in the specification, design, development, implementation, and modification of the system and system components: {{ insert: param, sa-8_prm_1 }}.

Last updated: 22 August 2026 14:14 UTC

Cumulative inbound coverage

How completely the frameworks we cross-walk collectively cover this — the verdict is the strongest single mapping (overlapping partials are not summed); breadth shows the corroboration behind it.

Collective: partial · 2 mapping(s) from 1 framework(s): OWASP-Web 2 (partial)

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Implementations targeting this control (0)

ATT&CK techniques this control mitigates (20)

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-284Improper Access Control6,900+Complete-mediation and least-privilege principles ensure proper access-control design and enforcement.
CWE-269Improper Privilege Management3,400+Least-privilege and separation-of-duties principles prevent improper privilege management.
CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical Function3,300+Complete-mediation principle requires authentication for critical functions.
CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource1,900+Permission-assignment and least-privilege principles prevent incorrect critical-resource permissions.
CWE-693Protection Mechanism Failure700+Engineering principles ensure protection mechanisms are correctly specified and implemented.
CWE-250Execution with Unnecessary Privileges300+Least-privilege engineering principle directly reduces execution with unnecessary privileges.
CWE-653Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization73Separation-of-privilege and least-common-mechanism principles enforce proper isolation.
CWE-636Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open')46Fail-safe-defaults principle prevents systems from failing open.
CWE-657Violation of Secure Design Principles20Control explicitly requires application of secure design principles throughout the lifecycle.

Top CVEs where this control is the strongest mitigation

CVE Risk CVSS EPSS Match
CVE-2025-31200 KEV 9.99.80.1966partial
CVE-2025-6543 KEV 9.99.80.1009partial
CVE-2025-7775 KEV 9.99.80.1963partial
CVE-2025-68615 9.29.80.4284partial
CVE-2023-6549 KEV 8.98.20.5763partial
CVE-2023-52440 8.69.80.2191partial
CVE-2026-20700 KEV 8.57.80.0132partial
CVE-2025-7776 8.09.80.0690partial
CVE-2024-3833 7.78.80.1756partial
CVE-2024-20082 7.69.80.0136partial
CVE-2025-43186 7.59.80.0111partial
CVE-2026-34159 7.59.80.0113partial
CVE-2026-41497.59.80.0100partial
CVE-2026-84527.59.80.0104partial
CVE-2024-22080 7.49.80.0078partial
CVE-2024-9401 7.49.80.0074partial
CVE-2024-9402 7.49.80.0062partial
CVE-2025-47869 7.49.80.0065partial
CVE-2025-9179 7.49.80.0057partial
CVE-2025-29366 7.49.80.0058partial
CVE-2022-38693 7.49.80.0080partial
CVE-2022-38696 7.49.80.0080partial
CVE-2025-43343 7.49.80.0077partial
CVE-2025-11423 7.49.80.0079partial
CVE-2026-2773 7.49.80.0060partial

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