Security Resilience

NIST 800-53 r5 · Controls catalogue · Family SI

SI-15Information Output Filtering

Validate information output from the following software programs and/or applications to ensure that the information is consistent with the expected content: {{ insert: param, si-15_odp }}.

Last updated: 16 October 2026 10:19 UTC

Implementations targeting this control (0)

ATT&CK techniques this control mitigates (42)

Weaknesses this control addresses (6)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-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')55,000+Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.
CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor11,700+Filtering output to only permitted content stops unintended disclosure of sensitive information to unauthorized actors.
CWE-532Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File1,500+Checking application output against expected content catches insertion of sensitive values into log streams or files.
CWE-209Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information700+Validation ensures error messages contain only expected, non-sensitive content and blocks leakage via verbose errors.
CWE-116Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output600+Validating that output matches expected content directly mitigates failures to properly encode or escape data for its destination context.
CWE-117Improper Output Neutralization for Logs100+Requiring output to conform to expected content prevents unneutralized data from reaching logs.

Top CVEs where this control is the strongest mitigation

CVE Risk CVSS EPSS Match
CVE-2020-36962 8.39.80.1219good
CVE-2024-29375 7.69.80.0146good
CVE-2026-31049 7.59.80.0123good
CVE-2024-55532 7.49.80.0081good
CVE-2023-472957.49.80.0060good
CVE-2025-562677.49.80.0072good
CVE-2020-36941 7.49.80.0057good
CVE-2024-47485 7.39.80.0055good
CVE-2023-46400 7.39.80.0037good
CVE-2023-46401 7.39.80.0049good
CVE-2025-4052 7.39.80.0054good
CVE-2021-47901 7.39.80.0044good
CVE-2023-47534 6.99.60.0105good
CVE-2026-47705 6.89.60.0056good
CVE-2024-53555 6.78.80.0069good
CVE-2023-51311 6.78.80.0070good
CVE-2023-51319 6.78.80.0070good
CVE-2023-51333 6.78.80.0083good
CVE-2023-539136.78.80.0073good
CVE-2023-51302 6.68.80.0061good
CVE-2023-51336 6.68.80.0064good
CVE-2025-55745 6.68.80.0063good
CVE-2023-53929 6.68.80.0054good
CVE-2026-52426.68.80.0052good
CVE-2026-19501 6.68.80.0056good

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