Security Resilience

CWE · MITRE source

CWE-1394Use of Default Cryptographic Key

Abstraction: Base · CVEs in our corpus: 23

The product uses a default cryptographic key for potentially critical functionality.

It is common practice for products to be designed to use default keys. The rationale is to simplify the manufacturing process or the system administrator's task of installation and deployment into an enterprise. However, if admins do not change the defaults, it is easier for attackers to bypass authentication quickly across multiple organizations.

Last updated: 16 October 2026 14:24 UTC

Control responseHuman-reviewed

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

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53 / CSF Protect)
  • PR.PS-01
  • PR.AA-01
  • SC-12 Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management
  • CM-6 Configuration Settings
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 PROPOSED for this weakness (0)AI-assisted

These are model PROPOSALS, not graded mappings. They come from controls_to_cwe_proposals, which carries no grade field at all; across the CWE pages 1,540 of 1,722 such associations (89%) have never been graded by anything. The heading said “address” until 2026-09-29, which asserted a relationship the data does not carry. Graded cross-walks are on the framework map, not here.

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-2024-48956 7.59.80.00892024-12-09
CVE-2025-41742 7.39.80.00462025-12-02
CVE-2024-29037 6.99.10.00602024-03-20
CVE-2026-75870 6.99.10.00502026-08-22
CVE-2025-55049 6.89.10.00302025-09-09
CVE-2025-41744 6.89.10.00412025-12-02
CVE-2025-44954 6.49.00.00732025-08-04
CVE-2026-5039 6.48.80.00212026-04-23
CVE-2023-6451 6.38.60.00532024-02-16
CVE-2020-372816.38.10.00882026-10-14
CVE-2026-728955.27.70.00142026-10-13
CVE-2026-1113675.06.50.00262026-10-15
CVE-2026-927774.86.40.00222026-10-16
CVE-2026-1071774.65.90.00322026-10-07
CVE-2026-20709 4.56.60.00112026-04-08
CVE-2024-11619 4.25.00.00732024-11-22
CVE-2025-1688 4.15.50.00242025-04-15
CVE-2026-54887 3.84.80.00242026-07-02
CVE-2025-26849 3.44.30.00252025-03-04
CVE-2026-2215 3.23.70.00312026-02-09
CVE-2026-25815 2.53.20.00102026-02-05
CVE-2024-107482.32.50.00262024-11-04