Cyber Resilience

CWE · MITRE source

CWE-117Improper Output Neutralization for Logs

Abstraction: Base · CVEs in our corpus: 107

The product constructs a log message from external input, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements when the message is written to a log file.

Last updated: 20 August 2026 13:14 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 · 3 mapping(s) from 1 framework(s): CAPEC 3 (partial)

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OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

This weakness contributes to A09:2025 Security Logging and Alerting Failures.

Control responseHuman-reviewed

Answering this weakness across the control lifecycle, from our framework cross-walks.

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53 / CSF Protect)
  • AU-1 Policy and Procedures
  • SI-15 Information Output Filtering
  • PR.PS-06
  • AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
Detect
Catch it (CSF Detect / Respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

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NIST 800-53 r5 controls that address this weakness (2)AI-assisted

Control Title Family Why it addresses this CWE
AU-1Policy and ProceduresAUPolicy and procedures require sanitization and neutralization when generating audit logs to avoid injection issues.
SI-15Information Output FilteringSIRequiring output to conform to expected content prevents unneutralized data from reaching logs.

Top CVEs of this weakness type, ranked by Risk Priority

CVE Risk CVSS EPSS Published
CVE-2023-46321 7.49.80.00662023-10-23
CVE-2023-46322 7.49.80.00662023-10-23
CVE-2024-29022 6.78.80.00702024-04-12
CVE-2026-629486.79.60.00362026-07-15
CVE-2026-174816.68.80.00572026-08-13
CVE-2026-255486.59.10.00772026-02-18
CVE-2024-0095 6.49.00.00542024-06-13
CVE-2024-25047 6.38.60.00642024-05-02
CVE-2022-22151 6.28.10.00802022-03-11
CVE-2024-47083 6.27.50.01552024-09-25
CVE-2025-57564 6.28.20.00352025-10-07
CVE-2020-25646 6.17.50.01402020-10-29
CVE-2025-54813 6.17.50.01302025-08-22
CVE-2026-24308 6.17.50.01182026-03-07
CVE-2023-32712 6.08.60.00342023-06-01
CVE-2025-27111 6.07.50.00732025-03-04
CVE-2024-9606 6.07.50.00742025-03-20
CVE-2026-34478 6.07.50.00832026-04-10
CVE-2026-455656.08.10.00302026-06-10
CVE-2019-14846 5.97.80.00512019-10-08
CVE-2023-3997 5.98.60.00292023-07-31
CVE-2023-4571 5.98.60.00232023-08-30
CVE-2024-32474 5.67.30.00432024-04-18
CVE-2019-14864 5.56.50.01872020-01-02
CVE-2021-42250 5.46.50.01762021-11-17