Cyber Resilience

CWE · MITRE source

CWE-286Incorrect User Management

Abstraction: Class · CVEs in our corpus: 32

The product does not properly manage a user within its environment.

Users can be assigned to the wrong group (class) of permissions resulting in unintended access rights to sensitive objects.

Last updated: 21 August 2026 14:15 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 · 2 mapping(s) from 2 framework(s): STIG oracle linux 9 1 (partial) · STIG rhel 9 1 (partial)

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OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

This weakness contributes to A06:2025 Insecure Design.

Control responseHuman-reviewed

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

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53 / CSF Protect)
  • IA-4 Identifier Management
  • PS-5 Personnel Transfer
  • PR.AA-01
  • PR.AA-05
Detect
Catch it (CSF Detect / Respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 2 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
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
IA-4Identifier ManagementIADirectly implements correct management of identifiers for individuals, groups, roles, services, and devices.
PS-5Personnel TransferPSRequires confirmation and adjustment of user access rights during personnel transfers, mitigating incorrect user management.

Top CVEs of this weakness type, ranked by Risk Priority

CVE Risk CVSS EPSS Published
CVE-2023-26689 7.49.80.00622024-09-25
CVE-2025-647257.29.80.00352025-12-15
CVE-2025-7972 6.99.10.00502025-08-14
CVE-2026-356386.48.80.00292026-04-09
CVE-2024-48853 6.39.00.00372025-05-22
CVE-2023-3932 6.18.20.00932023-08-03
CVE-2025-599436.18.10.00392025-10-03
CVE-2026-564286.08.10.00282026-07-30
CVE-2022-35503 5.77.50.00542024-04-22
CVE-2023-25519 5.67.80.00152023-09-12
CVE-2024-28020 5.68.00.00372024-06-11
CVE-2021-21553 5.37.30.00222021-08-03
CVE-2024-58105 5.37.30.00162025-03-25
CVE-2023-20253 5.27.10.00172023-09-27
CVE-2024-9312 5.27.50.00282024-10-10
CVE-2022-32260 5.16.50.00732022-06-14
CVE-2024-27269 5.16.80.00432024-05-14
CVE-2025-635635.06.50.00252025-10-31
CVE-2026-601354.96.50.00212026-07-24
CVE-2023-0857 4.85.90.00612023-05-11
CVE-2024-46671 4.86.20.00422025-04-08
CVE-2022-45857 4.76.50.00312023-01-05
CVE-2024-29296 4.75.30.01242024-04-10
CVE-2021-26262 4.55.50.00632021-11-19
CVE-2023-3914 4.45.40.00372023-09-29