CWE-141Improper Neutralization of Parameter/Argument Delimiters

Abstraction: Variant · CVEs in our corpus: 11

The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as parameter or argument delimiters when they are sent to a downstream component.

As data is parsed, an injected/absent/malformed delimiter may cause the process to take unexpected actions.

Last updated: 21 August 2026 14:15 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-06
SI-10 Information Input Validation

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 (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-2022-29873`	7.6	9.8	0.0187	2022-05-20
`CVE-2023-28815`	7.6	9.8	0.0146	2025-10-17
`CVE-2022-41665`	7.5	9.8	0.0110	2022-10-11
`CVE-2020-7868`	7.2	9.6	0.0270	2021-06-29
`CVE-2022-29872`	6.8	8.8	0.0141	2022-05-20
`CVE-2024-0840`	6.7	8.8	0.0088	2024-04-29
`CVE-2026-20200`	6.7	8.8	0.0084	2026-08-05
`CVE-2026-19594`	6.1	8.1	0.0040	2026-08-12
`CVE-2025-31329`	4.6	6.2	0.0034	2025-05-13
`CVE-2025-20338`	4.5	6.0	0.0015	2025-09-24