Cyber Resilience

CWE · MITRE source

CWE-1262Improper Access Control for Register Interface

Abstraction: Base · CVEs in our corpus: 11

The product uses memory-mapped I/O registers that act as an interface to hardware functionality from software, but there is improper access control to those registers.

Software commonly accesses peripherals in a System-on-Chip (SoC) or other device through a memory-mapped register interface. Malicious software could tamper with any security-critical hardware data that is accessible directly or indirectly through the register interface, which could lead to a loss of confidentiality and integrity.

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: mostly · 1 mapping(s) from 1 framework(s): CAPEC 1 (mostly)

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Control responseHuman-reviewed

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

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53 / CSF Protect)
  • PR.AA-05
  • PR.IR-01
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
Detect
Catch it (CSF Detect / Respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

NIST 800-53 r5 controls that address this weakness (0)AI-assisted

Control Title Family Why it addresses this CWE
No NIST controls proposed yet.

Top CVEs of this weakness type, ranked by Risk Priority

CVE Risk CVSS EPSS Published
CVE-2022-23005 6.48.70.00822023-01-23
CVE-2015-8325 5.97.80.00602016-05-01
CVE-2024-6354 5.67.20.00792024-06-26
CVE-2023-20599 5.47.90.00162025-06-10
CVE-2025-473855.47.80.00072026-03-02
CVE-2024-45556 4.56.50.00092025-04-07
CVE-2024-57492 4.25.50.00192025-03-10
CVE-2025-18823.95.00.00202025-03-03
CVE-2025-207883.34.40.00072025-12-02
CVE-2025-36194 2.32.80.00112026-02-02