Cyber Resilience

CWE · MITRE source

CWE-340Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers

Abstraction: Class · CVEs in our corpus: 53

The product uses a scheme that generates numbers or identifiers that are more predictable than required.

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: mostly · 4 mapping(s) from 3 framework(s): STIG oracle linux 8 2 (mostly) · STIG rhel 7 1 (mostly) · STIG rhel 8 1 (partial)

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OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

This weakness contributes to A04:2025 Cryptographic Failures.

Control responseHuman-reviewed

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

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53 / CSF Protect)
  • SC-12 Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management
  • IA-5 Authenticator Management
  • SC-12 Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management
  • SC-13 Cryptographic Protection
Detect
Catch it (CSF Detect / Respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 6 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V11.3.4

NIST 800-53 r5 controls that address this weakness (1)AI-assisted

Control Title Family Why it addresses this CWE
SC-12Cryptographic Key Establishment and ManagementSCControlled key-establishment processes produce unpredictable key values instead of values derived from observable or guessable state.

Top CVEs of this weakness type, ranked by Risk Priority

CVE Risk CVSS EPSS Published
CVE-2024-47945 7.59.80.00872024-10-15
CVE-2025-692867.39.80.00512025-12-31
CVE-2026-2439 7.39.80.00402026-02-16
CVE-2025-409267.39.80.00432026-03-05
CVE-2025-156047.39.80.00522026-03-28
CVE-2026-3256 7.39.80.00532026-03-28
CVE-2025-40931 6.99.10.00582026-03-05
CVE-2025-40925 6.89.10.00362025-09-20
CVE-2026-5085 6.89.10.00342026-04-13
CVE-2026-404966.89.10.00402026-04-21
CVE-2026-5081 6.89.10.00302026-05-06
CVE-2026-97336.89.10.00342026-06-23
CVE-2026-751066.89.10.00312026-08-17
CVE-2026-113746.79.00.01962026-06-23
CVE-2025-40920 6.58.60.00412025-08-11
CVE-2024-7558 6.28.70.00502024-10-02
CVE-2025-409326.18.20.00202026-02-27
CVE-2026-135776.18.20.00292026-07-20
CVE-2024-522995.97.50.00522024-11-13
CVE-2025-40933 5.87.50.00412025-09-17
CVE-2025-622945.87.50.00302025-11-20
CVE-2025-687015.77.50.00212026-01-13
CVE-2025-40923 5.67.30.00332025-07-16
CVE-2026-4269 5.67.50.00242026-03-16
CVE-2026-32555.26.50.00422026-02-27